Government axe winter fuel payments

With some bills now increasing but others decreasing, would you still consider us to be in a cost of living crisis?

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00:00I think it's ridiculous that people who don't need it get it.

00:03So it's something that needed to be sorted, but I think it could have been handled a bit better.

00:08I'm going to miss that. I do not get any credits.

00:14You know, I don't get a pension, I don't qualify otherwise,

00:16but I'm going to miss that three of them. I haven't got myself on yet.

00:19I was staying with people who lived in the south of Spain,

00:22and up until a few years ago they still got it, and they lived there permanently.

00:28That was stopped, but it's going to be difficult,

00:32and people really need to be encouraged to claim pension credit,

00:37because there's no shame to it. You're entitled to it, you should claim it.

00:39What it's going to mean, I'm not using the heating now.

00:41It's okay saying put a blanket on and an extra sweater, which I've done,

00:45and yes, last night was very cold, but you've still got to move.

00:49You've got to go and get yourself a hot drink. You've got to move through the house.

00:54Do you think we're still in a cost of living crisis?

00:56Well, we'll never be over it, to be honest.