Letter to Secretary of State calling for winter fuel payment changes to be put on hold until there is a 95% take-up rate for pension credit

NAWRA has written to Secretary of State Liz Kendall to express its concerns that the government is planning to restrict eligibility for winter fuel payments (WFPs) to those in receipt of pension credit (or other specific means-tested benefits).   This is despite the fact that it acknowledges that up to an estimated 880,000 households who are eligible for pension credit Read more…