Middle-classes 'don't need winter fuel payment'

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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 Pounds 250 last year, should be removed from those it argues do not need it.

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Middle-classes 'don't need winter fuel payment'

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has recommended pensioners who pay 40 per cent tax should be denie...