MPs are being urged to oppose a government plan to cut pensioners’ winter fuel payments.
The city’s Liberal Democrat group said more than 140,000 pensioners in the Leeds area would lose payments of up to £300.
The move, announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves, Leeds West and Pudsey MP, will limit the payments to only those claiming certain benefits.
The Labour government is facing calls for a U-turn on the plan, set to be voted on in parliament on Tuesday 10 September.
Leeds Liberal Democrat Leader Stewart Golton said: “Countless pensioners across Leeds are worried about losing this vital support and how they will afford their energy bills this winter.
“Stripping support from many of the poorest pensioners in Leeds just when energy bills are set to rise again is simply wrong.
“It could force vulnerable elderly people in our community to choose between eating and heating this winter.”
The Lib Dems said an estimated 141,113 pensioners in and around Leeds would lose the payments.
Coun Golton said the city’s MPs should back a parliamentary motion from his party which would block the plan.
More than ten million pensioners around the country are thought to be affected.
Coun Golton added: “That is why we are urging all ten MPs who represent Leeds pensioners to back the Lib Dem motion in parliament this week and do everything they can to block these plans which could cause immense financial hardship in our area.”
