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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.