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I've chatted to quite a few old folk who may need the payment through work, all of them were worried about it, some will still get it as they receive pension credits, some won't. These ain't really the loaded pensioners or I likely wouldn't be coming into contact with them. I think it's good to not spaff £300 on rich old folk who don't need it, I think the cut of line is pretty harsh. Pension credit is available to top up your weekly income to just under £220 if you're single, if you get £220 you're not eligible and miss out on money that'll likely keep you warmer through winter. There's also a lot of people who are eligible but too proud to get benefits, especially if it's just a few quid to top it up, but they miss out too. Some sort of sliding scale for people on the edge cases would be good, but then things end up costing more in means testing than you save in not giving it to well off oldies.