Commenting on reports that the Government is set to cut some winter fuel
payments, Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest public
service union, said:
“We cannot begin to call ourselves a civilised society if the Con-Dem
Government allows elderly people to sit in the cold or freeze to death in
their homes.
“They must think again if they are seriously considering cutting these
payments, particularly to the very old, because they save lives. Most
elderly people need to have their heating on higher and for longer and that
costs a lot of money. It is appalling to think that frail and elderly will
be left in the cold, because they are too frightened of running up bills
they cannot afford to pay.”