From next April, the Conservatives will increase the personal allowance for pensioners in line with the Triple Lock by introducing a new age-related allowance—a tax cut of around £100 for 8 million pensioners.
Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser has hit out at Labour’s “betrayal” of pensioners after cuts to winter fuel payments were confirmed in a House of Commons vote.
Mr Fraser says the winter fuel payments, which were worth between £100-£300 for pensioners in Perth and Kinross, were a “lifeline” fo