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Government has been accused of declaring war on pensioners’ over winter fuel allowance.
Plans to slash winter fuel payments and freeze income tax thresholds would drag more than a million people into paying tax on their state pension.
Jennie Leggatt , 74 , suffers from a degenerative lung condition that gets worse when she breathes cold air.
Meg McDonald , 82 , from west London , is in receipt of a state pension, alongside a teacher’s pension, meaning she will not be eligible for fuel allowance this year .
She told i that the frugal lifestyle she has been forced to live on her pension reminds her of 'living in war conditions'.
Ms Shortt urged the Government to ditch the winter fuel payment cut this year and raise the basic income tax threshold from its current rate of 12,570 to 15,000 .
This would stop most pensioners from having to pay tax on their state pension.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has condemned ministers’ failure to carry out a full assessment of the impact on poor households and the disabled.
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