Decision

That this Council resolves to:
 

1.             
Bring forward a Council-led local awareness campaign to ensure
eligible Warwickshire residents are made aware of the availability
and eligibility criteria of Pension Credit, including through the
delivery of Council services and partnerships with the VCSE, to
help ensure that all eligible pensioners in Warwickshire are
supported in claiming their entitlement.
 

2.             
Requests that the Leader of the Council write to the Secretary of
State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ask for
funding for a local advertising and outreach campaign to raise
awareness about Pension Credit and other benefits, targeting
pensioners who may be eligible but are not currently claiming.
 

3.             
Request that the Leader of the Council write to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, urging a review of the decision to means-test the
Winter Fuel Payment and asking the Government to ensure that
vulnerable pensioners, particularly those who do not claim Pension
Credit, are protected from fuel poverty.
 

4.             
Encourage all elected members to sign the ‘Save the Winter
Fuel Payment for Struggling Pensioners’ petition being run by
Age UK