Scandal of Oaps On Heating Waiting List ; Additional Pounds 7m Will Only Cover Emergency Casesdaily Mial Campaign Dignity for the Elderly

Daily Mail (November 22, 2007)

Author: Stuart Nicolson

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MINISTERS yesterday moved to ease the scandal of thousands of Scots pensioners left without winter heating.

An extra Pounds 7million in funding was announced for the free central heating programme.

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Scandal of Oaps On Heating Waiting List ; Additional Pounds 7m Will Only Cover Emergency Casesdaily Mial Campaign Dignity for the Elderly

But that will help only a small fraction of the 11,000 older people on the waiting list. Many of those now face a freezing winter because of the chaotic backlog and will not get the heating they have been pro...

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