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I used to get the WHD when it was the energy suppliers who decided who qualified. Then the last government stopped this and decided only people on PC could get it. The Cons' took that away and now Lab's have taken my WFA away.
I can get council tax support but that is not a benefit that entitles me to anything else.
Sorry you are having a bad time with all this changes going on, have you checked that you cant get PC now ? Martin lewis says even getting one pound from it that will open you up for the other help
 
Absolutely nothing to do with Labour or the Tories for the reason you didn't get it. If I remember rightly you wouldn't let them view your financial information so wouldn't apply. And if you have just changed energy supplier maybe they have a better system, but it is fuck all to do with Labour.
Bit aggressive there, pal. Regardless of where it comes from, there are options.
 
It absolutely needs government interference. Ever think you’d hear a Tory say that?!?!!!

Right now the government is interfering by paying working tax credits - that is a clear admission that people are not paid enough. So we have tax payers subsidising corporate profits.

The only solution is to force inflation. There are two levers the government can pull IMHO here, public sector wage rises should prompt some equivalence in the private sector and secondly, more brutally, through taxation - tax profits at 100% for anyone not paying a fair wage (TBD) - obviously some exceptions would apply. I suspect that many of the companies who don’t pay are high street type names who wouldn’t flee the UK and ultimately they would just put their prices up (inflation). It wouldn’t be an overnight thing but rather would need to be introduced over the course of x years to stop it being a shock event and would need some bright sparks to work out the details. It would also be a true Brexit benefit as the workforce is domestic and finite without freedom of movement.


Minimum basic income might help.
 

Couple given go-ahead to take government to court over winter fuel cut​

A Scottish couple have been granted permission to proceed with a legal bid to reverse the cut to the winter fuel allowance.
The Court of Session is allowing Peter and Florence Fanning to launch a judicial review - meaning the case has been assessed as having "a real prospect of success".
A procedural hearing has been assigned for 4 December 2024, with a substantive hearing fixed for Wednesday 15 January 2025.
The case asks the court to rule on whether the decision by the Westminster and Scottish governments to limit winter fuel payments to those on pension credit was unlawful.
If they win the case, it could set aside the policy and restore the winter fuel benefit to all.
Mr Fanning said axing the universal payment was damaging to the welfare of pensioners.
A spokesperson for the Govan Law Centre said they are delighted that their client's case can proceed.
No 10 and the Scottish government have been contacted for comment
 

Couple given go-ahead to take government to court over winter fuel cut​

A Scottish couple have been granted permission to proceed with a legal bid to reverse the cut to the winter fuel allowance.
The Court of Session is allowing Peter and Florence Fanning to launch a judicial review - meaning the case has been assessed as having "a real prospect of success".
A procedural hearing has been assigned for 4 December 2024, with a substantive hearing fixed for Wednesday 15 January 2025.
The case asks the court to rule on whether the decision by the Westminster and Scottish governments to limit winter fuel payments to those on pension credit was unlawful.
If they win the case, it could set aside the policy and restore the winter fuel benefit to all.
Mr Fanning said axing the universal payment was damaging to the welfare of pensioners.
A spokesperson for the Govan Law Centre said they are delighted that their client's case can proceed.
No 10 and the Scottish government have been contacted for comment
Good, I hope the couple win. A politically and morally dumb policy that deserves to be binned. Oh and I voted Labour.
 

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