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Winter Fuel Payment

Get clear answers about the UK Winter Fuel Payment. Find fact checks mostly about who gets winter fuel payments, and how winter fuel payments help pensioners.

3 June 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Winter fuel payments for pensioners: who loses out from Labour's shift?

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

600,000 pensioners would be affected by Labour's new commitment to abolish Winter Fuel Payments for high earners, say today's papers. Read

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Winter Fuel Payment

Winter fuel payments for pensioners: who loses out from Labour's shift?