Lynn said: 'I’m not looking forward to the winter at all'
A 69-year-old woman is set to lose her Winter Fuel Payments this year which offer up to £300 to cover the high cost of heating your home over the cold months, because of £3.32. Lynne Perry from Cornwall gets enough money in her state pension to put her over the £218.15 limit that denies her Pension Credit.
A "WASPI woman" refers to a member of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign, a group of women in the UK who were born in the 1950s and have been affected by changes to the state pension age. The term "WASPI" comes from the campaign’s acronym, and these women are seeking compensation or restitution for the financial hardship they faced due to the way the government implemented these changes.
Four in every five pensioners living below or just above the poverty line will lose the winter fuel payment under planned benefit cuts, according to a charity. Age UK said its analysis suggested that 10.7 million UK pensioners will lose the benefit, of whom almost one in four live in poverty – with a household income of less than 60% of the median – or just above the poverty line.
According to the Government’s own equality analysis, an estimated 780,000 pensioners still eligible to receive the winter fuel payment will lose it under planned cuts. In a document last month, the Department for Work and Pensions also said that more than two thirds – around 71% – of those with a disability and 83% of those aged 80 or over would miss out.
It suggests that there is no region or country in the UK in which fewer than 74% of pensioners living in poverty or just above the poverty line will lose the payment. Age UK urged the Government to keep the payment universal this year, pending the Spending Review in the spring. “Unfortunately, the research supports our worst fears – that unless ministers change tack, and quickly, millions of older people on low and modest incomes could be facing potential disaster as the weather chills.”
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