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NORTH (MARINA BAIXA/BENIDORM EDITION) Friday July 31 - Thursday August 6 2015
Moors and Christians battle it out!
Issue 824
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Fight goes to No.10 PENSIONER ALBERT Fereday has called on Prime Minister David Cameron to restore the winter fuel allowance to all pensioners living in Europe. by Jack Troughton
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HE DESCRIBED the controversial decision to axe the cold weather payment to people living in Spain as “illegal” and said it was unfair to discriminate against people who had paid taxes all their lives. In his letter, the 87-year-old wrote: “Thousands of British pensioners come here and to other places in winter and still claim the heating allowance. Do you think this is fair Mr Cameron? “And thousands of people go to live in Britain and they claim for everything and they have not paid a penny into the system – I think you and your party are afraid to tackle the problem.” Albert, who lives in Benidorm, said he worked and paid taxes from the age of 14. His letter, sent by registered mail to Downing Street, concludes by saying: “I am not being greedy Mr Cameron, as I am only asking for what I believe I am entitled to.” Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, introduced a temperature test for the winter fuel allowance and announced the payment would halt in September for those living in warm countries, including Spain and France. Mr Duncan Smith provoked anger by saying it was “absurd and offensive” that taxpayers should fund payments to people who had retired to “warmer countries”.
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