Rishi Sunak is calling for a debate and vote on the change that will see millions of pensioners missing out on the annual payment.
Rishi Sunak has backed proposals for a Commons vote on the eligibility rule change to Winter Fuel Payment. The former prime minister is one of several MPs to have signed an Early Day Motion , urging the Labour Government to back down on its new policy to end the universal Winter Fuel Payment for everyone over State Pension age.
Conservative shadow treasury minister and former pensions minister Laura Trott MP said: “This Labour Government has tried to avoid scrutiny in Parliament for the consequences of their actions, but the public deserve better.” Top Money Stories Today Tabling an EDM could put pressure on the Government to allow MPs to vote on the Winter Fuel Payment proposals, but a vote is not guaranteed and the Government does not have to find time for a debate.
Labour peer Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, who was also chair of the board of trustees of Age Scotland, called Reeves’s decision a “terrible blunder” and “critical error”. “It’s really important that people know that if they’re entitled to Pension Credit they’ll still get this benefit. There are an estimated almost 900,000 pensioners who are entitled to Pension Credit who don’t currently claim it.
“To make matters worse for older people in poverty, this bill increase coincides with the ending of the Winter Fuel Payment for people not receiving Pension Credit. There could be up to 1.2 million older people eligible for Pension Credit who don’t receive it.
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