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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

Treasury rules out changes to pensioners’ winter fuel payment

Jeremy Hunt will not strip winter fuel cash from wealthy pensioners, a Treasury minister said after a senior colleague questioned why the handout should go to the comfortably off.

The Chancellor, who will deliver his autumn statement on Wednesday, will not be touching the payments worth up to £600, junior Treasury minister Gareth Davies said.

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