THE GUARDIAN: Some pensioners plan to cut back on heating after government removes benefit entitlement for nearly 10 million people
Preston Cox, 70, is worried about fuel debt this winter. After checking his entitlement to benefits, he learned that he is among the 9.9 million pensioners who no longer qualify for the winter fuel payment after the government announced it was restricting it in England and Wales.
Campaigners have warned that this figure includes up to 2 million struggling older people who could lose out on up to £300 a year after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, limited the payment to only the poorest pensioners. » | Clea Skopeliti and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi | Friday, August 2, 2024
What are winter fuel payments and who will lose and keep them?: Rachel Reeves announced that the payments to pensioners will no longer be universal in England and Wales »
PETITION AGAINST CRUEL RACHEL’S SCRAPPING OF THE WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE: DON’T SCRAP WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE FOR MILLIONS OF STRUGGLING PENSIONERS – Sign the petition here.
