Taxing winter fuel allowance would raise £230m

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The Government would recoup around £230 million a year if the winter fuel allowance was taxed, a Treasury minister says.


At the moment the payments of £200 to people over the women's state pension age and £300 to those over 80 are handed out tax-free.
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