Martin says more should be done to help state pensioners
Martin Lewis has made an urgent appeal to ITV viewers regarding pension credit in light of Labour's new Budget, while also criticising the government. On Wednesday , Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented her first budget plan, which proposes £40 billion in tax increases to address a deficit in public finances.
In response to this move, Ms Reeves said: "We're protecting the winter fuel payment for the poorest pensioners, those on pension credit." However, Martin highlighted a significant problem, telling The Martin Lewis Money Show audience: "1.4 million claim pension credit. Around 800,000 people eligible for pension credit don't claim pension credit."
Martin expressed disappointment at the lack of action, noting: "I was expecting some mitigation from that because many people have been lobbying about this. It has not happened. Martin criticised the Labour government, saying: "More should have been done. It isn't being done. Get them to check, they just have to call up, it doesn't matter if you're not eligible, you can always check." In a damning statement, Martin added: "800,000 of the poorest of our society, who even the government think should be getting the winter fuel payment, will not this winter. We perhaps collectively need to act on it.
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