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THE Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) was blasted today for having caused undue stress to thousands of older people by sending them wrong information regarding their winter-fuel payment.
The DWP has admitted to sending 59,000 letters containing inaccurate information it says were sent in error.
Each year recipients should get a letter which confirms their estimated payment, as well as the payment date.
by David Nicholson, Wales reporter
MPs back measure for 66-year-olds but it won't end suffering, groups say
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE