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Help with heating
 — pensioners' views finally heard?
Author(s)Penny Leonard
Journal titleGenerations Review, vol 8, no 1, March 1998
Pagespp 10-11
KeywordsWinter care ; Heating systems ; Fuel expenditure.
AnnotationThis article sets out the history of the Cold Weather Payments Scheme (CWP) introduced in November 1988, and highlights some of its shortcomings. It also suggests that the scheme and the one-off payments announced in November 1997, perpetuate the image of older people in poverty as a burden and deny their citizenship. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980423210 A
ClassmarkIB: YF: J6

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