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Stop Winter Fuel Payments for wealthier pensioners
Should we stop paying Winter Fuel Payments to pensioners on higher rates of income tax?
Alliance Party Trevor Lunn MLA said: "I believe that we should be looking to reallocate the winter fuel payments from those who don't need it, to those elderly citizens who are struggling to pay their fuel bills http://allianceparty.org/article/2013/0007901/lunn-supports-reallocation-of-winter-fuel-payments-to-those-most-in-need
Conservative The Prime Minister said there were not "huge savings" to be made from cutting universal benefits from better-off pensioners. He gave a strong hint that the Tory manifesto would renew the pledge the party made at the 2010 election to preserve winter fuel payments, free TV licences and bus travel for pensioners.
Green Party The Green Party has no policy on universal pensioner benefits, but calls for a big increase in the pension – to £200 a week – in the form of a Citizens Income, which would be much more than the additional pensioner benefits. http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/will-lose-bus-pass-fuel-allowance-free-tv-licence-free-prescriptions/
Labour At a time when the public services that pensioners rely on are under such pressure, we will stop paying the winter fuel allowance to the richest five per cent of pensioners. Ed Balls (shadow chancellor) http://press.labour.org.uk/post/98137818419/speech-by-ed-balls-mp-to-labour-party-annual
Liberal Democrat The Liberal Democrats would withdraw eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment and free TV Licence from pensioners on the higher (40%) rate of income tax. Source: Liberal Democrat pre-2015 Manifesto
SNP Nicola Sturgeon, Depute Leader of the SNP said: “With the opportunity of independence we will ensure our pensioners continue to benefit from the Winter Fuel Allowance and that it keeps pace with the cost of living by increasing in line with inflation. “A huge part of the rising cost of living is the rising cost of energy bills. With independence we will take action to reduce energy bills by at least £70 per household and we will not means test the winter fuel allowance like the labour party are planning to
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