This week Cllr Joe Porter was proud to stand up for pensioners across the Staffordshire Moorlands with a motion at SMDC full council calling on the Labour Government to reverse cutting the #WinterFuelPayment.
Thank you to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council colleagues across the chamber for coming together on this important issue, especially Cllrs Linda Malyon and Jim Garvey.
The Council will be writing to the Labour Government calling for the Winter Fuel Payment to be reinstated and there will be a campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit and other help for pensioners.
Pensioners deserve to retire in dignity and it is completely immoral to force some to choose between heating and eating. The Labour Government should halt their proposed change to the Winter Fuel Payment and think again.
Please sign the petition to keep the Winter Fuel Payment here: keepwinterfuel.com