People over State Pension age could see free bus travel scrapped in Autumn Budget next month
dailyrecord.co.ukMillions of State Pensioners are still reeling from the unexpected announcement from the new Labour Government that in order to help plug a £22 billion ‘black hole’ in the public purse, Winter Fuel Payments will only be issued to around 1.5 million people this year.
Some 10m pensioners are set to miss out on the annual heating bill help worth between £100 and £300 because they are not in receipt of an income -related benefit such as Pension Credit.
And following a recent response from the Prime Minister, the cuts for pensioners may not stop there. During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Conservative MP Louie French called the cuts to Winter Fuel Payments a “disgraceful political decision” before urging him to “rule out scrapping concessionary travel fares and Council Tax discounts, which also help millions of pensioners across the UK”.
However, Sir Keir chose not to answer the questions and replied: “I am not going to pre-empt the Budget. It will all be set out in due course.” Both the PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves have hinted at further cuts to come to help restore economic balance in government finances, however, neither have alluded to where they might come.
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