Pensioners' Winter Fuel Payment Cut
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•Winter fuel payment: We spend it on holidays, say some pensioners
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The winter fuel payment ( WFP ) costs nearly Â2bn per year but Sir Keir Starmer hopes it will save taxpayers Â1.5bn .
Now only pensioners who qualify for certain benefits will receive the payment.
Last winter 10.8 million people got the payment - and 1.5 million will be affected this winter .
Shelagh Lind , 70 , is Â2 per week over the pension credit threshold, so will lose WFP .
Age UK have started a petition calling for the rule changes to be delayed - and more than 500,000 people have signed it.
Others argue the payment should be widened to some families.
Money Box examines who will be affected by changing rules to winter fuel payments.
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