Save Winter Fuel Payments
The new Labour Government is failing older people across the country with their cut to Winter Fuel Payments
Household heating bills are set to rise again this winter. Yet one of the first acts of this new Labour Government has been to remove the £300 winter fuel payment from millions of pensioners.
Stopping these payments is just plain wrong - and Liberal Democrats will fight this decision.
Vulnerable older people in our community should not be forced to choose between eating and heating this winter. Major charities - including Age UK - have spoken out against this cut, arguing it risks damaging the health of so many older people.
Whilst some pensioners can manage without the winter fuel payment, the current proposals, based on the receipt of pension credit, introduce a “cliff-edge” for many on lower incomes that are just above the level for receipt of this benefit. Others see it as changing an entitlement paid to all pensioners into a means tested benefit payment for which they would then need to apply.
Newcastle Liberal Democrats are supporting calls by Lib Dem MPs in Parliament for the new Government to re-think this damaging decision.
Save Winter Fuel Payments
Back the Liberal Democrat campaign to protect the Winter Fuel Payment. We urge the Labour Government to reverse their damaging decision - which will leave many older people vulnerable this winter.