15 Feb 2014 11:28 PM:

There are many benefits that expats are not entitled to if they live away from the UK.  Pension credits, housing benefits, council tax, carers' allowances, attendance allowances, etc. etc.  So it is only right to put a stop to WFA or it will never end.  For example immigrants who worked for decades in the uk will retire back to "the old country" and take their pensions with them.  I know of many £10 Australian immigrants (50's an 60's) who return to the UK when they retire and stay the statutary amount of time so that they can claim the UK pension that they started to pay in for before emmigrating thus drawing both the Australian OAP pension and the UK OAP pension.  It's never ending and there are so many loop_holes.

 

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15 Feb 2014 11:33 AM:

The winter fuel allowance should only be paid to those resident in the U.K. Why should this benefit help the economy of another country.  The £200 paid per household is meant to be used towards the winter fuel bills of that household, but rarely is.  I know many pensioners that use this payment to pay for gifts for their families at Christmas etc., yet they still sit under duvets whilst their heating remains off.   The fuel allowance should be in the form of a voucher thus exhanged with the fuel provider when the bill is due, then it will be seen to be used for the purpose intended.

 

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