OAPs are set for £30m winter fuel clawback

169,000 Scots set to be affected

- BY PAUL HUTCHEON

WEALTHIER pensioners will have £30million in winter fuel payments taken off them this year by the SNP government.

The clawback figure will rise by more than 50 per cent by the end of the decade as pension incomes creep over the eligibility threshold.

Under the new Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, older people will receive between £203.40 and £305.10 depending on age.