Labour's plan to ditch Winter Fuel Payments for many pensioners has been controversial - but there are alternatives, according to a new report
without restricting them to just those on Pension Credit, according to a new report.would be scrapped for those not in receipt of pension credit or other means-tested benefitsThe decision was made in order to save money, with the Chancellor warning of a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the Treasury Budget – but itNow, a report from consultants LCP has analysed three other ways via which the Government could make the payments more targeted – and still save some money for the Government.
LCP analysis suggests that there are 1.9 million pensioners below the poverty line, for which it uses the benchmark of having a household income below 60 per cent of the national average.
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