Widow 'scared' after missing out on winter fuel payment by £3
A widow says she’s scared about the weather turning colder this year after learning that her pension income puts her just a few pounds over the threshold to qualify for the winter fuel allowance.
June Whitelaw, who has the progressive lung disease COPD, will no longer receive the benefit after the Scottish Government said it had to follow new plans brought in by the Labour government at Westminster.
MPs voted 348 to 228 on Tuesday to axe the payment for all but the country’s poorest pensioners, rejecting a Tory bid for the controversial policy to be blocked.
Only those already on benefits will continue to receive the support, with nearly a million pensioners in Scotland missing out.
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