‘I can’t afford curtains to block out the draught’: The pensioners worst hit by the winter fuel payment cut

Oct. 6, 2024 - The Independent

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These benefits include universal credit, income support, child tax credit and pension credit. Paul Taylor, 74, is one of the pensioners who will lose their winter fuel payment ( Paul Taylor )“I’m very wary of what I spend generally.

Will you be impacted by the winter fuel cut?..