Mapped: The pensioners who will miss out on DWP winter fuel payments
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNearly 150,000 people have called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse winter fuel cuts set to hit around 10 million pensioners.
A petition from The Silver Voices, an organisation for UK senior citizens, has been signed by almost 150,000 people and calls on the government to reverse plans to means-test the winter fuel allowance.
The cuts were announced among a number of “urgent decisions” Ms Reeves said were necessary because of the previous Tory government’s “undisclosed” overspending and are expected to save £1.5 billion. READ MORE: DWP Winter Fuel Payment alert as two groups of pensioners can now make new claim It means those not on pension credit or other means-tested benefits will no longer get the annual payments, worth between £100 and £300.
The petition calls for the government to restore “a universal winter fuel payment for all older people on modest incomes, payable automatically without the need to claim”.
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