Showing posts with label Winter Fuel Allowance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter Fuel Allowance. Show all posts

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Stop giving our money away...

Each year the Government gives pensioners money - between £200 and £300 - towards their fuel bills, to help them keep warm.

Nothing wrong with that.

But why do pensioners who live aboard get the money?

One guess - yes, the EU.

Under European law, benefits acquired in one member state must be paid to those who move to another.

It is madness that someone who lives in a sunny, warm climate is entitled to money that someone who lives in Barnsley desperately needs.