Protesters take to Aberdeen's streets to protest against the US's far-right president's trip
Future of Scottish government winter fuel payment in the balance
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LABOUR plans to means-test winter fuel payments without consulting Holyrood have left the Scottish benefit’s future hanging in the balance, Scotland’s government warned today.
SNP social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville hit out at the decision to slash eligibility for the payment to pensioners in England and Wales on the eve of the benefit becoming devolved.
The Scottish government’s £300 pension age winter heating payment was planned to continue in the universal footsteps of the old UK scheme.
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