Union lanches legal action over winter fuel payments
Updated: 2024-11-29 06:00:00
Nation Cymru reports that a major trade union has launched legal action against the UK Government over the Chancellor's decision to means test winter fuel payments. The website says that Unite claimed the Government did not follow the correct procedure in making the decision, which will see around 10 million pensioners miss out on the benefit: The union had threatened legal action earlier in November and announced on Thursday that it had applied to the High Court for leave to proceed with a full judicial review after receiving an "unsatisfactory" response to its demand that the Government reverse its decision. ...