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00:00Okay, so what do you think about the U-turn?
00:04Yeah, I think it's good. I think definitely good because they give a lot of money to people that
00:09hasn't paid in all their lives like we have. Yeah, it'll be good.
00:16Definitely. Yeah, yeah.
00:19How were you affected last year and will it be different this year?
00:23Well, hopefully. I mean, I'm on oil and oil is quite expensive to heat your home and I missed it dreadfully.
00:34The fact that they didn't give me the design title to £300 and that was just suddenly taken away from me.
00:42So, yeah, I really felt it. And it was just over, you know, the way they budgeted it.
00:49You know, those on pension credit, yeah, they were fine. But those that were just above it, you know, just wasn't entitled to a call to the...
01:00Out the loob.
01:00Out the loob, yes, yeah.
01:02So you were happy to hear about the news that...
01:05Yeah, if you've just heard it now, yeah. So those on £35,000 a year, they're excluded, aren't they?
01:12So those who earn more than £35,000?
01:15Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. Because there are some rich pensioners and we know that.
01:19And there's a lot, didn't they?
01:21And there's a lot that are just living on the breadline and then there's a lot that are just above it.
01:27And, you know, they need this extra heating allowance every year.
01:31They taught us what we were taught when we were children, when we were youngster, to economise.
01:37It was a good thing for that, if you know what I mean.
01:41Instead of running the water, hot water all day or whenever you needed it, you economise.
01:46I still only wash my dishes once a day, now, after that, because I live on my own.
01:54So I don't need to wash dishes every time I've got a cup of salsa and a plate, you know?
02:00And a lot of pensioners, they're at home all day and they need more heating going on than normal.
02:07You know, for those that go out tomorrow, yeah, I think we've got the old economy that we had to use a girl and everybody was a bit more careful with things.
02:20Can I get your names, please?
02:23Yeah, I'm Sandra Thomas.
02:24Sandra Thomas?
02:25Faith Dingle.
02:27Faith Dingle, thank you.
02:28Faith Dingle's my middle.