StatusClosed
Opened5 Nov 2024
Closes5 May 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones✓ 10,000
We want the Government to restore the Winter Fuel Payment to how it was paid last winter immediately. We are concerned that pensioners could die if MPs do not act, and that the NHS could be under more pressure.
It has been reported that Labour party analysis published in 2017 said plans to cut the fuel allowance for ten million pensioners could increase excess deaths by almost 4,000 that winter.
62,034Total signatures
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Government response
The Government has no plans to reverse the means testing of the Winter Fuel Payment but is focusing on increasing Pension Credit take-up to ensure all eligible pensioners continue to receive support.
Constituency engagement ranking
1Matt Bishop MP
Forest of Dean2Anna Gelderd MP
South East Cornwall3Victoria Atkins MP
Louth and Horncastle4Rupert Lowe MP
Great Yarmouth5Nigel Farage MP
Clacton6Luke Akehurst MP
North Durham7Sir John Hayes MP
South Holland and The Deepings8Richard Tice MP
Boston and Skegness9Alison Hume MP
Scarborough and Whitby10Lorraine Beavers MP
Blackpool North and Fleetwood