Pensioners given new update on Labour ‘scrapping’ free bus passes…
Pensioners concerned after losing the £300 Winter Fuel Payment have been updated on the status of their free bus passes under the new Labour government. Following Chancellor Rachel Reeves' reshaping of the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Allowance at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), there has been speculation that free bus passes might be the next benefit to face the chop. Under changes to the Winter Fuel Allowance, previously given to all pensioners, it will now only be given to people of State Pension age who are on a means-tested benefit. And the move meant many of those who were losing the allowance feared the same would happen to the bus pass. However, a Labour spokesperson has now told BirminghamLive that
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