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Pensioners tell Big Issue of the extreme measures they're taking to keep warm this Christmas a result of cuts to the winter fuel payment.

FOUR mistakes could see you denied a state pension boost and winter fuel payment worth £3,200 – but you can rectify them. The Pension Credit application errors could see you missing out on

Campaigners have said this threshold is too low, and will put two million vulnerable pensioners at risk of missing out. Labour now also faces legal action over the changes as Unite, the party’s biggest union backer, makes an application to the High Court.

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She went on to add that the government has seen an increase in the number of people claiming Pension Credit, with a 152 percent rise in claims to enable pensioners to get their Winter Fuel Payment back, as well as ‘extra financial support’ with the £150 Warm Homes Discount.

Every pensioner household in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment next year, the Scottish government has announced. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said those in receipt of qualifying benefits like Pension Credit would get £200 or £300 depending on their age, while all others would get £100.

The union has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the government’s decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for all but the poorest pensioners

Shirley-Anne Somerville is expected to announce a new benefit to help pensioners who lost their winter fuel payments.