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Nick Forbes

Legal challenge to winter fuel payment cut given green light to proceed

A legal challenge against the decision to end universal entitlement to the winter fuel payment has been given permission to proceed (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Two Scottish pensioners have been given permission to proceed with their legal challenge against the UK and Scottish and governments’ decision to cut the winter fuel payment.

The decision by the Court of Session means the challenge, brought by Peter and Florence Fanning, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, will now proceed to a procedural hearing in December ahead of a full “substantive” hearing in January.

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