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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Nick Forbes

Winter fuel payment cut ‘tainted’ by lack of impact assessment, court told

The decision to cut the winter fuel payment will be “tainted” if the UK Government is found not to have properly assessed its impact on vulnerable people, a court has heard.

The Court of Session in Edinburgh is hearing a legal challenge brought by Florence and Peter Fanning, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, against last year’s decision to remove the universal element of the winter fuel payment.

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