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universal winter fuel paymentsThe Ferret
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Labour government scrapped winter fuel payments for about 10 million pensioners in England and Wales .
Policy means pensioners who do not receive means-tested benefits won’t be eligible for payments.
Ferret Fact Service looked at this claim and found it Mostly True.
The latest statistics, from 2020 , show that 27 percent of those 65 and over live in households with a total wealth of 1 m or more.
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