Four in every five pensioners living below or just above the poverty line will lose the winter fuel payment under planned cuts, according to charity Age UK. The Government voted to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for more than 10 million pensioners across the UK recently. From this winter, only people on pension credit or other specific benefits will be eligible to receive the payment, while around 10 million others are set to be stripped of the allowance.
Study shows 82% of pensioners below poverty line to lose Winter Fuel Payment A recent study conducted by Age UK found 10.7 million UK pensioners will lose the Winter Fuel Payment, of whom almost one in four (23%) live in poverty or just above the poverty line. The charity found that 80% (800,0000 people) of UK pensioners aged 80 and over living in poverty or just above the poverty line will no longer receive the payment.
While 78% (1.1 million people) of pensioners with a disability living in the same circumstances will also be stripped of the payment. The study - carried out using most up-to-date official statistics - also suggests that 76% (one million people) of the UK pensioners who live alone and in poverty (or just above the poverty line) will no longer receive their payment.
It also suggests that there is no region in the UK in which fewer than 74% of pensioners living in poverty or just above the poverty line will lose the payment. According to the Government’s own equality analysis, an estimated 780,000 pensioners sti.