With the loss of the winter fuel allowance potentially forcing 100,000 pensioners in England and Wales into relative fuel poverty, we would like to find out more about how losing the payment has affected people.
What impact has it had on you and what changes have you made to make up for no longer receiving the winter fuel payment?
You can tell us how no longer receiving the winter fuel allowance is affecting you by filling in the form below.
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Share your experience
You can tell us how no longer receiving the winter fuel allowance is affecting you by filling in the form below.
Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For true anonymity please use our SecureDrop service instead.