{"id":463,"date":"2013-01-03T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssc.squareeye.com\/?p=463"},"modified":"2013-01-03T00:01:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T00:01:30","slug":"winter-fuel-discontents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategicsociety.org.uk\/winter-fuel-discontents\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter fuel discontents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of Liberal Democrats \u2013 the think tank CentreForum and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mailserver.redactive.co.uk\/exchweb\/bin\/redir.asp?URL=http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2013\/jan\/03\/end-this-old-age-care-lottery\">former Liberal Democrat Care Minister Paul Burstow<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 have called for the means testing of Winter Fuel Payments <!--more-->via the Pension Credit system, with the money released directed to fund the \u2018capped cost\u2019 model put forward by the Dilnot Commission on long-term care.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To read more, click\u00a0<a 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