Quote Originally Posted by SithHappens View Post
Back on winter fuel, speaking to a pensioner friend of ours this morning, she's been on her own 10 years now and I fully expected her to be one who still gets it, but she is just a few pounds a week over the amount where she could get pension credit so she won't get it.

She is really worried about the winter, has been given extra jumpers etc from family members.

I think the new government have rushed it in, agree with it being means tested but it seems like they maybe haven't done the legwork on working out the right measure.
That’s a sensible questioning of the proposals imo, unlike Tricky who just wants to have a pop at the new government and train drivers.
The other side of the coin is that I can take you to see an elderly lady who lives, about 300 metres from me, alone in a very large ‘listed’ building. The property is worth at least £5 million and, as I understand it, she has more (millions) to fall back on. Good luck to her but are we seriously suggesting she should be entitled to the same wfa as poorer pensioners?
I don’t think so…but I do accept some ‘fine tuning’ may be necessary.