Winter fuel cuts to hit 600,000 disabled pensioners, analysis finds

Sir Keir Starmer’s winter fuel cuts will reach approximately 600,000 disabled retirees.

The Prime Minister’s decision to limit the payment to £ 35,000 or less will see that more than two million retirees missed the allowance and worth £ 300.

More than one quarter of them are disabled and will have to return the payment of £ 300 through the tax system.

Despite the government’s decision to reduce winter fuel payments from millions of more retirees, it is now limited to more than £ more than £ more than £.

Critics, especially for disabled retirees to be affected by change, the threshold of £ 35,000 is very low, he said.

Dennis Reed from Silver Voices, over 60s, Silver Voices Market telegram: “£ 35,000 annually income, no ransom of a king under any circumstances-aside for a retirement of you.

“Usually there are extra costs about having an injury. You may need to heat the house more than otherwise, or to charge medical equipment such as electric wheelchairs, for example.”

And Toray Shadow Pension Secretary Helen said: “Under pressure, the labor force meant a semi -cooked test, but causing more confusion and still leaving disabled retirees in the cold.

“The system they designed right now is clumsy, complex and bad right.”

Winter fuel payments dominated the first year of Sir Keir as the prime minister, and at the end of the government, he forced the payment to pay for £ 1.25 billion due to the decision to limit the retirement loan to those who are suitable for retirement loans.

The U -return contributed to the black hole of £ 50 billion in front of the second budget expected in November.

Paul Johnson, former Director of the Institute of Effective Financial Research (IFS), said that the change was “scattered .. Mr. Johnson said that a rich retired couple with a partner with £ 100,000 and the other with £ 30,000 will still get money. On the other hand, he said that both partners have £ 36,000 income, he said that he could not get anything.

A spokesman for a study and retirement department said: ız We are determined to support retirees, and thanks to our triple lock, millions of people will see that this parliament has risen from £ 1,900 to £ 1,900.

“Nine million pensions will get help in the next winter fuel bills.”