Thursday, 27 June 2013

Winter Fuel allowance gained and lost after one payment.


Sadly it is true! France is on the list!

The seven countries are as follows:-

'Expats in seven countries will lose the payment. They are: Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Portugal and Spain.'(BBC)

Though why on earth Italy, Andorra and Croatia have been omitted, only George Osborne knows! Perhaps he ought to come and spend a winter in the Pyrenees, the Alps or simply the Tarn et Garonne, let alone northern France in the Pas de Calais, which can be perishingly cold in winter!

Ann