Winter fuel payment cut to 10 million pensioners will not be 'watered down'
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 () The government will not "water down" cuts to the winter fuel payment after it was voted through on Tuesday, a minister has said.
Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was...
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott says the government may have won the vote to remove Winter Fuel Allowance for some pensioners but “comprehensively” lost the argument. The plan to..
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has challenged Sir Keir Starmer over plans to means test the Winter Fuel Allowance. But during today’s PMQs, the prime minister said his government’s first job was..
John Swinney said his government will work very closely with citizens to "maximise eligibility for the winter fuel payment" in the wake of its scrapping by the UK Government. Sir Keir Starmer defended..
Pensioners are missing out on winter fuel payments by as little as £3, with some saying they will have to continue working well into old age. BBC News Also reported by •Sky News •BBC Local News •Tamworth Herald •Wales Online
The BBC Sounds podcast host dialled into ITV Good Morning Britain to discuss Pension Credit awareness, after the £300 Winter Fuel Payment cut for pensioners. Tamworth Herald
Herefordshire’s Green and Conservative MPs voted against government moves to cut the winter fuel payment to all but the most needy pensioners. Hereford Times
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 ()
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