ePetition - Save the Winter Fuel Payment!
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Save the Winter Fuel Payment!
We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to write to the PM demanding that he reverses the decision to remove the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) from pensioners who do not qualify for pension credit and undertakes a full impact assessment of this savage austerity measure. By restricting eligibility for the WFP in this way this government has potentially plunged large numbers of older people into fuel poverty rendering them vulnerable to hypothermia and premature death. This is particularly unjust because, by the government’s own calculations around 1 in 3 pensioners who should be getting pension credit are not receiving it. These are among the most vulnerable people in society. Last winter in Brighton & Hove 41,806 people received WFP. A cut means around 35,000 losing out, plunging many into the direst poverty
The council has an obligation to support the welfare of older and dusabled residents and the restriction of the winter fuel payment will leave many pensioners in fuel poverty which will unnecessarily put additional pressure on Adult social care services within the City
This ePetition runs from 01/11/2024 to 18/12/2024.
50 people have signed this ePetition.
Council response
Will be presented to Full Council on 19th December 2024