AS many as 35,000 long-term retirees on the continent are in line to get the Winter Fuel Payment even if they exceed the new “wealth” threshold set by Labour’s Rachel Reeves.
As a bizarre result of the Brexit agreement, expats living in most EU nations plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland will continue to receive their Winter Fuel Payment. France and Spain are not included.
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It will, however, be a case of not a penny for lots of pensioners shivering in Shetland but cash, presumably in euros, for pensioners basking in the winter sun of southern Italy.
Expat millionaires with mansions in Milan will be able to have the money paid directly into their Swiss bank accounts.
Non è giusto – It’s not fair.
Brian Lawson
Paisley
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