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Our winter fuel payment goes into holiday kitty
Who is eligible for the winter fuel payment and how much will they get?
Since 1997, all British pensioners have been able to claim a tax-free payment to help with their heating costs. The winter fuel payment, introduced by the last Labour government, previously doled out as much as £300 a year to all retirees.
'Our winter fuel payment goes into the holiday kitty'
The money is just for the holiday kitty,” says Jon Harvey of the £300 he was given every winter to help with heating bills. “I could also use it to go out for a nice meal.” The 80-year-old, like all pensioners in England and Wales,
Some pensioners are pretty well off. But how many can afford to lose the winter fuel payment?
The governments plan to restrict pensioners winter fuel payment to households getting pension credit has been easily if grudgingly passed by parliament. This was despite a strong case for delaying the move to
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Fact Check: No evidence Rayner promised to maintain winter fuel payment in July 2024
There is no evidence Britain’s deputy prime minister promised to maintain the winter fuel allowance for UK pensioners in July 2024 as social media posts have claimed.
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UK politics live: Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment
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Outrage as winter fuel payment cruelly snatched away from hero nuclear test veteran, 86
Up to 10million pensioners have lost their winter fuel payments this winter after Labour's decision to axe it.
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