• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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      3 months ago

      If you say so. PIP is literally the personal independence payment, there to provide disabled people a semblance of life. If they need that, surely they need help with heating. And the state pension, speaks for itself.

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        3 months ago

        You have to be under the state pension age to apply for pip, whereas winter fuel payments are for retired people…

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            3 months ago

            Well, no, the old and poor will still be eligible is my understanding. It’s just now David Attenborough can’t get it because he can probably afford to heat his home on his own.

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        3 months ago

        Pip is not income based. Disabled millionaires are entitled to it.

        Because it is about the difference in cost of being disabled not poverty.

        State pension is not income based. It is a right you pay for as you work.

        Learn a little about the benifits before commenting.