Nicola Sturgeon called on to make emergency Scottish winter fuel payment to help pensioners
Reading now: 470
dailyrecord.co.ukSarwar will call for the SNP to fill the gap as the cost of gas and electricity is due to rise steeply within days.The energy price cap will increase by £139 to £1277 on October 1 this year leaving 150,0000 Scottish pensioners living in poverty facing a desperate choice.The push from Labour comes after it was revealed that a woman in her 90s starved to death, the first fatality from lack of food recorded in Scotland for at least 20 years.Sarwar will tell conference that the Scottish Parliament has been granted powers to take action to raise Winter Fuel Payments and alleviate pensioner fuel poverty.But the SNP has delayed the devolution of the Winter Fuel Payments from the Department of Work and Pensions until 2024 because of technical and.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
