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Winter Fuel Payments

We the undersigned petition the council to Formally call on the new Labour Government to reverse its plan to scrap the Winter Fuel Payments.

Cllr Neil Bolton launches local campaign to reverse Labour’s plan to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment.

The Labour Government has chosen to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment for thousands of pensioners, despite promising to protect the benefit during the general election.
Neil and the undersigned, call on the Labour Government to reverse its plan to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment which will impact 10 million pensioners, including 27,000 pensioners in the Winchester district.
Just weeks after the election, the new Labour Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced a cut to the Winter Fuel Payment which will reduce it by between £100 and £300, money that would usually have helped pensioners with their heating bills during the winter.
Only those people on pension credit will receive the Winter Fuel Payment, meaning pensioners with an income of just £13,000 a year will lose out.
The new Labour Government has chosen to remove the Winter Fuel Payment from around 27,000 pensioners in the Winchester district and this will have a devastating impact on vulnerable people this winter.
Rachel Reeves must reverse this decision so that those who worked hard and saved all of their life, live with dignity and security in retirement.

This ePetition runs from 10/09/2024 to 03/12/2024.

11 people have signed this ePetition.

 

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