Loading ...UK – Widows ‘worst hit’ as 50,000 denied winter fuel lifeline
Labour was branded ‘Scrooge’ last night after it emerged more than 50,000 pensioners who tried to hang on to their winter fuel payments have been snubbed.
Campaigners said those who applied and were rejected clearly felt they needed the subsidy as it is being stripped from pensioners on incomes as little as £12,000 a year. They also raised fears that some may have struggled to fill in the massive 243-question online form, potentially leading to a wrongful rejection.