Middle-classes 'Don't Need Winter Fuel Payment', say MPs

Middle-class pensioners should either be banned from claiming the winter fuel allowance or taxed on the payment, say MPs.
An all-party group says the benefit, which was £250 last year, should be removed from those it argues do not need it.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has recommended pensioners who pay 40 per cent tax should be denied the payment altogether.

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