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SNP calls for Holyrood unity against winter fuel payment cuts
An elderly woman counting loose change
“At local level, it’s different."
LABOUR’S winter fuel payment means test has “robbed millions of pensioners” and Holyrood must unite against it, the SNP said today.
Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville made the remarks ahead of the parliamentary debate marking Challenge Poverty Week, calling for the policy to be ditched.
Ms Somerville said: “Labour’s abrupt decision to bring in means-testing for the winter fuel payment has robbed millions of pensioners of hundreds of pounds at the very time that energy bills are set to rise.
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