Charities have said rising energy bills and a cut to the winter fuel payment risk the wellbeing of thousands of pensioners
Cornwall Insight forecasts that the price cap for an average dual-fuel household will rise to £1,736 per year in January announced in July that she would be scrapping winter fuel payments – worth £200 to £300 – for all pensioners who are not in receipt of pension credit or certain other means-tested benefits.
“As well as struggling with ongoing, unaffordable energy bills, there is now far less support this winter due to the changes to the winter fuel payment. As a charity we are already seeing the daily impact of acute physical and mental suffering, and a growing mountain of energy debt.”later this week that will take effect early next year with analysts, Cornwall Insight, warning that high prices are likely to be the “new normal”.
“Worryingly, many people in later life will have to manage this predicted bill increase without the winter fuel payment, a vital lifeline for many. The decision to make changes to the winter fuel payment is expected to reduce the number of eligible pensioners from 11.4 million to just 1.5 million. The charity has called on the Government to bring in discounted energy bills for disabled people. It also wants a government-backed “help to repay” scheme, to help tackle the energy debt many disabled people face this winter.
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