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  1. Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Winter Fuel Payment November 2024.pdf

    Parliamentary Briefing: Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) November 2024 Overview The Government’s decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) means around 2.5 million pensioners living in poverty ... poverty or just above the poverty line will no longer receive the payment. The way that the policy has been introduced, with virtually no notice and no compensatory measures, fails to protect pensioners on

  2. Call for Views, First Review of Specific Direction 12 (LINK) – The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).pdf

    Consultation Response Call for views: First review of Specific Direction 12 (LINK) Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) April 2023 Contact: john.kamoto@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third parties ... address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is conducting a review of their Specific Direction 12 (SD12).1 This Direction

  3. Age UK Parliamentary Briefing- Winter Fuel Payment (December 2024).pdf

    Briefing: Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) December 2024 Overview Age UK remains extremely concerned about the effects of the Government’s decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP), which is causing ... In fact, 82% of all pensioners living in poverty or just above the poverty line are losing the payment due to means-testing this winter. This briefing outlines recent policy developments relating to

  4. FS87 Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance.pdf

    Factsheet 87 Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet gives information about Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a non means-tested benefit ... replaced with devolved benefits in Scotland. Adult Disability Payment has replaced PIP, see the Age Scotland guide: Adult Disability Payment, or contact Age Scotland for more information. Contact details

  5. CRS_Sept14_Personal_independence_payment_independent_review.pdf

    1 Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Personal Independence Payment Independent Review September 2014 Sally West sally.west@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... consultation The DWP appointed Paul Gray to undertake an independent review of how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is working. The call for evidence is aimed at individuals and organisations with information

  6. Letter to Chris Hemsley, Payment Systems Regulator, (Oct 2023).pdf

    have long campaigned for mandatory reimbursement for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud victims to emphasise our concerns with the Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) recent reimbursement proposals. The PSR’s ... bank is not obliged to reimburse them. There is very little mention of what should be expected of payment firms - the burden appears to fall more heavily on victims of fraud. Most notably, the proposals

  7. CRS_January18_consultation_on_authorised_push_payment_scams.pdf

    Consultation Response Ref 0218 Submission to the Payment Systems Regulator consultation on authorised push payment scams January 2018 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this ... consultation In November 2017, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the economic regulator for the payment systems industry, published a consultation paper on authorised push payment scams – where people are tricked

  8. Briefing: the Winter Fuel Payment - Apr 15 (PDF)

    Briefing The Winter Fuel Payment April 2015 This briefing note provides information about the winter fuel payment (WFP) and also explains Age UK’s views. Who receives it and how much is it worth ... The WFP is a one-off annual payment that provides help with the cost of energy bills for pensioner households. It is currently a UK payment but responsibility for the payment in Scotland is expected to

  9. Consultation response - CP213 Authorised push payment scams – call for views, Payment Systems Regulator.pdf

    Consultation Response Authorised Push Payment (APP) Scams – Call for Views Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) April 2021 Contact: joel.lewis@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third parties may ... consultation Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, when criminals trick people into transferring money to them by posing as a legitimate payee or constructing fraudulent reasons for a payment, are a significant and

  10. Consultation Response, CP22-4 Authorised push payment (APP) scams, Requiring reimbursement, The Payment Systems Regulator.pdf

    Consultation Response Authorised push payment (APP) scams: Requiring reimbursement consultation. Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) November 2022 Contact: john.kamoto@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved ... Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is aiming to reduce Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams significantly by introducing mandatory reimbursement

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