DWP refuses 270,000 Pension Credit applications with Winter Fuel Payment at risk
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 () From the 2019/20 tax year up to July 2024, the Government received a total of 848,973 Pension Credit claims from older people.
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...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel allowance. Roughly 10 million pensioners are set to lose out on the £250 payment as the government restricts the..
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 ()
From the 2019/20 tax year up to July 2024, the Government received a total of 848,973 Pension Credit claims from older people.
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