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# Bereaved and billed
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2025/06/04/bereaved-and-billed/
- Published: 2025-06-04T00:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-05T10:04:09.000Z
- Description: Grieving families may be forced to repay up to £300 after a pensioner’s death under delayed winter fuel clawback plans. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
- Author: TODAY's Cartoons
- Tags: Today's Cartoon, TODAY+

The Treasury is considering a system where winter fuel payments to pensioners would be clawed back through tax returns.

Due to a delay in processing, a delayed clawback system may force grieving relatives to repay up to **£300** after a relative’s death, sparking criticism over the policy’s insensitivity and the government’s chaotic handling.

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### **GOING FURTHER**

- ###### [Bereaved families of dead pensioners could be taxed for winter fuel payments](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/04/bereaved-families-of-dead-pensioners-could-be-pursued-over-winter-fuel-payments?ref=europeans.today) | THE GUARDIAN
- ###### [Winter Fuel Payment change could tax dead pensioners’ familiesWinter Fuel Payment change could tax dead pensioners’ families](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/winter-fuel-payment-change-could-31791260?ref=europeans.today) | BIRMINGHAM LIVE

  
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