A pensioner has slammed the Labour Government for "utterly lying" about energy bill support, as millions of retirees face mounting financial pressures.
William Pickup expressed his frustration over broken promises regarding energy costs as he blasted Keir Starmer's Government.
He told GB News: "I'm certainly in one of the 68 per cent who have got concerns about energy fuels.
"There's no doubt about that. I mean, when we go back a couple of years to the Ukraine war and the fact we didn't have enough energy in the UK to supply it and prices went through the roof, the cost was astronomical.
William Pickup said he feels "utterly lied too" by Labour
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"I mean, I've got a reasonably nice house and it has about 18 radiators, which I know it was a lot, but it was costing me about £30 a day.
"That was unsustainable. It's come down to a more sensible figure now. But the thing that really annoys me about everything else, I feel totally and utterly lied to by the Labour government.
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"They promised a £300 cut in energy bills and now we find that £300 has been taken off ten million pensioners.
"We've now had, on the 1st of April, three more energy price rises."
The Department for Work and Pensions Full State Pension rate is expected to reach £12,631 in April 2026, surpassing the personal allowance threshold of £12,570.
The situation marks the first time millions of state pensioners will face taxation on their pension income under the Labour Government.
The government's decided to freeze housing benefits until 2026
PAA basic rate taxpayer receiving only the full new state pension would face an annual tax bill of just over £12.
The cost of living crisis continues to impact retirees who rely solely on state pension income.
"We urge the Government to reconsider the decision to freeze tax thresholds and to ensure that pensioners are not unfairly penalised for modest increases in their income," said Lees, who represents Later Life Ambitions' 250,000 pensioners.
The financial squeeze on pensioners is further compounded by the government's decision to freeze housing benefits until 2026.
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall confirmed that local housing allowance rates would remain static, affecting Housing Benefit for private tenants.
This follows a previous four-year freeze of housing benefits at September 2019 levels, which was only briefly lifted in April 2024.
The scrapping of winter fuel payments for all but the poorest pensioners has "already left many older people struggling to afford heating and other essential costs," according to Alan Lees.
"The Government must take urgent action to support pensioners rather than adding to their financial burden," he added.
