A FURIOUS row has erupted after it emerged seven in ten disabled pensioners will lose winter gas funds.
Round 1.6 million will probably be stripped of their chilly climate money alongside 2.7 million over-80s and seven.3 million aged between 66 and 79.
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In the meantime, an estimated 780,000 pensioners nonetheless eligible will miss out when Labour begins means-testing the profit.
Shock knowledge was slipped out by ministers late on Friday night in a Freedom of Info response by the Division for Work and Pensions.
One Labour MP stated: “To smuggle these stats out on a Friday night time simply speaks to the very fact this has been one massive mistake.”
Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell tweeted: “The toughest hit will but once more be disabled folks and probably the most aged.
“In different phrases, probably the most susceptible in our society. How can this be morally proper?”
In 2017, Labour claimed means-testing the allowance may result in some 4,000 deaths.
Laura Trott, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, stated the newest evaluation was “hidden till after Labour compelled their MPs to vote by means of this minimize”.
A Authorities spokesman stated: “Over one million pensioners will obtain the winter gas fee and people on the complete new state pension will obtain an additional £400 — twice the common winter gas fee.”
