I've heard from our HB/CTB section that the £200 payment towards Council Tax (by way of Winter Fuel Payment), announced in the Budget, will go to pensioners except those on Pension Guarantee Credit. This seems to create the anomaly that a pensioner on Pension Savings Credit who pays, say, £50 a year towards CTax will be £150 better off than his neighbour on Pension Guarantee Credit! regards, Robbie Spence, Welfare Rights Officer, Colchester Town Hall, Essex
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