Pensioner Margaret misses out on £400 as she falls through cracks of Sunak’s plan | Personal Finance | Finance
The Norfolk resident said she is not expecting to see any benefit from the Chancellor’s rescue package because of the current living arrangements. Rishi Sunak said his new strategy would include a universal clause knocking off £400 from all energy bills from October, insisting he wanted all Britons to benefit from his new plan. However, pensioner Margaret expressed doubts on whether she would effectively ever see those benefits.
Speaking to Jeremy Vine on 5, the pensioner said: “This thing they’re saying, everyone will get £400, that’s not true.
“I will not be able to get that, or I’m pretty sure I won’t because they’re going to send it in vouchers, I think.”
Host Jeremy Vine suggested the £400 would be directly wired to energy companies to be taken off bills, to which Margaret replied that would effectively leave her cut off.
She explained: “This is the point if you have a bill with your name on it but I don’t so I’m not able to claim them.
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“I live on a farm, a converted property. And all properties are wired to the one account that goes to the landlord, to the farmer.
“So I pay my bills through them and I don’t get a bill with my name on it.”
Under the Chancellor’s rescue package, almost all of the eight million most vulnerable households could receive at least £1,200 of support, including a previously announced £150 council tax rebate.
Pensioners will also receive a £300 payment in November/December alongside the winter fuel payment in a move costing £2.5 billion, while £150 will be paid by September to individuals receiving disability benefits.
Rishi Sunak said £5 billion of the package would be paid for by a levy on the profits of oil and gas giants, and around £10 billion will be covered by extra borrowing.
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