Any government can identify who does not need the winter fuel allowance, it's a game they play which involves "their" friends getting the payment but now nobody gets it and the needy suffer.
I don’t understand why the level wasn’t set at those that pay higher rate tax. No one think the uber rich pensioners should get the WFP. But it must be possible to use a higher threshold surely.
Any government can identify who does not need the winter fuel allowance, it's a game they play which involves "their" friends getting the payment but now nobody gets it and the needy suffer.
I don’t understand why the level wasn’t set at those that pay higher rate tax.
No one think the uber rich pensioners should get the WFP. But it must be possible to use a higher threshold surely.
Rosie