UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to winter fuel payments
In the Guardian, Ros states that the government had made a “real blunder” by scrapping the winter fuel allowance.
Labour has the UK’s wealthier over-65s in its sights
Ros notes in this Financial Times article that the only groups that aren’t working people typically are pensioners and some disabled people.
Labour dares to take on Britain’s boomers
In Politico, Ros expresses shock about cancelling Winter Fuel Payments, ( link to pdf )
Cutting winter fuel payments worse than ditching triple lock says ex-pensions minister
In iNews Ros states that cutting the Winter Fuel Payment is worse than ditching the pension Triple Lock. ( link to pdf )
Reeves will regret her winter fuel payment raid on pensioners, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE
In an article in This is Money by Jeff Prestridge, he suggests that Pensioners should be represented inside government and Ros would be a brilliant voice. ( link to pdf )
Keir Starmer axing winter fuel allowance is so cruel – I’d be better off dead
In the Daily Express, Ros mentions the cliff edge for those just above the means testing threshold. ( link to pdf )
Labour scrapping the winter fuel payment for ten million British pensioners is worse than ditching the state pension triple lock, former Tory minister warns
Ros warns in the Daily Mail against scrapping the pensioner Winter Fuel Payment. ( link to pdf )
1:05 / 4:33 Ros Altmann (Former Pensions Minister) On BBC Breakfast [30.07.2024]
Ros is interviewed on BBC Breakfast
SNP ‘can’t guarantee’ winter fuel payment as Reeves wields axe
Ros is quoted in the Daily Mail about her shock at the cancellation of Winter Fuel Payments, ( link to pdf )
Reeves defends move to restrict winter fuel payments
Ros told the BBC she was “shocked that the chancellor has chosen to take money away from some of the poorest people in this country.” ( link to pdf )