Lorely Burt MP said 5,025 OAPs on low incomes were not getting Cold Weather Payments of £25 a week.
In a press release, she said: “It is a scandal that the least well-off pensioners across the country are missing out on these payments, worth an estimated £42.5m. “
“Fuel prices are at an all time high, making Cold Weather Payments all the more important to people already struggling on a poverty pension.”
She said Labour had “failed pensioners by creating a complicated system that makes it difficult for them to get the help they desperately need”.
She said: “The Government should be making every effort to identify pensioners who are missing out and get them this much needed extra cash.”
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