2.5 million of the three million pensioners living below or just above the poverty line will no longer receive the benefit, according to Age UK
New analysis from Age UK suggests 10.7 million pensioners will lose this payment. This includes 82 per cent – equivalent to 2.5 million – of the 3 million pensioners living below or just above the poverty line.
Although she receives about £400 a month from a BBC pension – where she worked for seven years as a PA in the research and development division – which covers her rent, all other expenses come from the state pension alone.rose from £37 to £90 which was a huge jump but at least we were getting government support then. This year, we’re going to have to try and survive the winter without the winter fuel payment and bills are still on the up.
The grandmother of five doesn’t have many outgoings and tries to live frugally. She relies on a small car to get her food shopping and to visit her daughter who lives in the countryside, but this is a huge expense.The price of the food shop, which she said has increased from around £30 to £40 a week to about £60 or £70 a week in the last couple of years, is another huge pressure.
If they choose to press on, however, it said that at the “very least” they must urgently bring in measures to greatly expand the numbers who will still receive winter fuel payments by automatically giving it to those receiving other benefits. “There will be widespread agreement that ministers must act in the Budget to protect them – and the best way for them to do so by far is to retain winter fuel payment as a universal entitlement this winter, before giving their policy options careful consideration as part of the spending review next spring.
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