Pensioners challenging winter fuel payment cut ‘not eligible for it’, court told

Chancellor Rachel Reeves remove the universality of the winter fuel payment in a decision she announced last July (PA) - (PA Wire)

Pensioners who are challenging a UK Government decision to cut the winter fuel payment would not have been eligible for it due to living in Scotland, a court has heard.

The challenge was brought by Florence and Peter Fanning, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, who are represented by former SNP MP Joanna Cherry KC and Govan Law Centre at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.