As per the latest WAPSI news, 5 out of the 6 pensioners living below the poverty line may lose their winter fuel payments of £300.
The new Labour Party is facing strong criticism after announcing £300 Winter Fuel Payment cuts. Angela Madden, chair at WASPI, expressed disappointment and said that she didn’t expect this from the new social party. She also said that the pensioners are easy targets which is why the political parties are harassing the WASPI campaigners.
She said, “It’s not something we would have expected from the party of social justice, I don’t think. I think we might seem like an easy target to them because we haven’t got the power of train drivers or other groups of workers who can withdraw their labor if they’re not happy about something.”
Sir Steve Webb, a former pensions minister, said that this winter fuel cut would adversely affect the pensioners who are already struggling to meet their needs.
Five out of six pensioners living below poverty will lose their winter fuel payments. Sit Steve Webb said, “We’re talking about a group of pensioners who are on the breadline, their standard of living is well below that of most people in the country”.
Baroness Ros Altmann, a pensions expert, coined this act of the government a “sledgehammer” approach. Almost 2 million pensioners who depend on the payment won’t receive it anymore.
References:
- https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/waspi-women-suffer-fresh-300-29871853
- https://www.gbnews.com/money/pensioners-waspi-campaigner-winter-fuel-allowance-easy-target
- https://inews.co.uk/news/waspi-women-narrow-hardship-fund-government-pension-experts-3260848
Hey, I am Christine Mary Edwards, and I live in Manchester, UK. I have worked as a librarian for more than 35 years.
I am also a member of WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) which represents more than 3.8 million women in the UK.