tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post5980603037098064984..comments2023-10-25T13:47:46.779+01:00Comments on All and Sundry: Clegg needs a re-brand: Clegg and winter fuel payments: Lost Cobra: Tesco get ripped off: Kebab goes for a walk: and Sweet sixteen million.Angus Deihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436552827944508728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-50908563232401851392011-03-27T20:02:22.539+01:002011-03-27T20:02:22.539+01:00As a result, the annual tax-free payment to help p...As a result, the annual tax-free payment to help people pay for their heating over the winter months will fall from £250 to £200 for the over 60s and from £400 to £300 for the over 80s in 2011-12.<br /><br />If the utilities companies would just charge a reasonable amount and not employ people in non-jobs, then there'd be no need for it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-9778517693115684592011-03-27T11:48:08.307+01:002011-03-27T11:48:08.307+01:00The mix up over the Winter fuel payments is becaus...The mix up over the Winter fuel payments is because there are two types. One, the Cold Weather payment, is means tested and the Winter Fuel payment is not. There is no change to the former and will be paid to those who qualify when the temperature remains below freezing for 7 days (and I assume 7 nights). You have to be receiving Pensioner's Credit to get this.<br />But as you say, fuel prices go up.<br />(does that include fat greasy teenager?) and WFP comes down!<br />"Kill orf a few thousand pensioners and save money", seems to be the latest policy. :(<br /><br />Thieves with no taste and no sense of smell, if you ask me! <br />Greasy kebab meat. Yuk!Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.com