Winter fuel payments for pensioners scrapped

[MidnightPatrol]

Unless they are in receipt of pension credit or other benefits.

I suspect this will be the first of many benefits which will be restricted as part of cost-cutting measures.

What else might we see / should we see?

Pensioners don't need as much money as other people?!
I still have to pay for food, council tax, heating, water rates, glasses, dental work ., maintenance on my house etc.
I despair.

I agree with it, my parents and MIL don’t need it but got it regardless.

the same with free school meals, it should be means tested as a lot parents can afford to pay for their own kids. I would rather the funding remained and to provide a decent breakfast as well for those who parents are struggling.

@Aligirlbear I meant as a qualifying benefit to continue to receive wf payments. Since it is not means tested and one can receive it but not pension credit.

This is the same for all couples and benefits. How long haven't you been working for? Have you checked to see if you can get UC?

Fucking Tories! Robbing the elderly of basic living provision. Next they’ll be cancelling infrastructure projects that the markets would be more than happy to see as investments. And putting money in their political friends’ pockets.

Oh, sorry, I feel asleep for a month.

Many really don't need this so it's a reasonable cut.

work pensions were not always common, my parents self employed they have a private pension of about £100. Basic state pension, well my mum less than basic, not all have savings as well. Plus what this is encouraging me to do is cancel my work pension that i struggle to pay and sod it, as i will get punished for it later as well, why struggle to pay something now ans be penalised again. They could of means tested it at a higher amount, say £30000 annual income not less than £20000,

Quite right! We will be sad not to get our Christmas Booze allowance this year but could never understand why we got it in the first place.

@MidnightPatrol where do you get £1600 a month from?

The state pension is £221 a week. Or are you assuming no pensioners are single?

Is this a serious post 😳

What a terrible thing to say, this won’t affect the rich pensioners. This will affect pensioners who are already in poverty, who are just above the pension credit threshold. Most will have worked hard all their lives and never received benefits. The £200 per year is an absolute lifeline for many so they can keep warm over winter.

Going by this thread, I don't think people's feelings would be any different if the Tories had done this. The glee at boomers getting their comeuppance seems politically universal in here.

I generally think there's much to be said for universal, rather than means-tested, benefits in a lot of ways. But in this particular instance, I think it's fair enough, and I am one of those pensioners who benefits from it.

This may be the start of means testing all benefits and a complete overhaul of the welfare system, the tories were scared of losing the grey vote.

Good. The triple lock can go next with a bit of luck.

It was bound to happen tbh.

I do Hope something will be done about these energy companies that report record profits during an energy crisis, it seems it’s always the people in the middle footing the bill 🤷🏻‍♀️ much easier to do something that provides cuts to those in the middle instead of dealing with those creating crazy energy prices!

We’re not talking about people that were subject to auto enrolment. Many pensioners
retired before auto enrolment was even a thing. Many, particularly women, worked part time and didn’t get a pension even though their full time colleagues did.

@Thepartnersdesk my dh gets state pension after working full time since he was 16 so for 54yrs. The full sum he gets is £183.40 a week.

The glee at boomers getting their comeuppance seems politically universal in here.

So true!

@SophieAD clearky hope you are a bored teenager and not a full grown asult. Reported your comments as disgusting