Winter fuel payment: We spend it on holidays, say some pensioners

BBCPensioner Jon Harvey, a retired police officer, is among those pensioners who say they do not need the winter fuel payment“The money is just for the holiday kitty,” says Jon Harvey of the £300 he was given every winter to help with heating bills. “I could also use it to go out for a nice meal.”The 80-year-old, like all pensioners in England and Wales, was given the winter fuel payment (WFP) automatically –…