FOUR mistakes could see you denied a state pension boost and winter fuel payment worth £3,200 – but you can rectify them. The Pension Credit application errors could see you missing out on

Pensioners tell Big Issue of the extreme measures they're taking to keep warm this Christmas a result of cuts to the winter fuel payment.

Campaigners have said this threshold is too low, and will put two million vulnerable pensioners at risk of missing out. Labour now also faces legal action over the changes as Unite, the party’s biggest union backer, makes an application to the High Court.