Winter Fuel Payment: Pension credit applications rise but many rejected
Source: BBC
Getty ImagesApplications for pension credit - allowing low-income pensioners to also receive winter fuel payments - have seen a sharp rise since the government announced cost-cutting plans.Chancellor Rachel Reeves has withdrawn the fuel payments from 10 million pensioners, to help cover what she called a £22bn black hole in the public finances.The decision announced in July has led to 150,000 applications for…
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