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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice An estimated 780,000 pensioners still eligible to receive the Winter Fuel Payment will lose the benefit under planned cuts. This is according to the Government's own equality analysis. In a document quietly released on Friday night, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) also said that more than two-thirds around 71 per cent of those.