Winter fuel payment deadline warning – what pensioners need to know
5 days ago

Winter fuel payment deadline warning – what pensioners need to know

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Pensioners have already started receiving winter fuel payments for the year, with those successfully claiming pension credit receiving £200-300 in their bank accounts from 25 November. The key change is that pensioners must now be eligible for – and claiming – pension credit to receive the winter fuel payment. Alongside the winter fuel payment, claiming pension credit can unlock housing benefit, support with mortgages, a free TV licence and help with NHS dental appointments. While there is no deadline to apply for pension credit, 21 December is the latest you can apply to receive the 2024 winter fuel payment and have it backdated.

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Widows 'worst hit' as 50,000 denied winter fuel lifeline - as Labour is slammed as 'Scrooge' by furious campaigners
2 days, 17 hours ago

Widows 'worst hit' as 50,000 denied winter fuel lifeline - as Labour is slammed as 'Scrooge' by furious campaigners

Daily Mail  

Labour was branded 'Scrooge' last night after it emerged more than 50,000 pensioners who tried to hang on to their winter fuel payments have been snubbed. Tonight is the deadline to apply for pension credit, and to be eligible for the top-up that Chancellor Rachel Reeves stripped from millions in one of her first acts after taking office. And in …

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged
2 weeks, 4 days ago

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged

China Daily  

A snow plough clears the snow during Storm Bert, along George Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, November 23, 2024. Married senior citizens Peter and Florence Fanning launched a legal challenge against the Scottish and United Kingdom governments on Wednesday, over their decision to stop helping most retired people with their winter fuel bills. The Fannings' legal challenge, which is being …

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged
2 weeks, 4 days ago

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged

China Daily  

A snow plough clears the snow during Storm Bert, along George Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, November 23, 2024. Married senior citizens Peter and Florence Fanning launched a legal challenge against the Scottish and United Kingdom governments on Wednesday, over their decision to stop helping most retired people with their winter fuel bills. The Fannings' legal challenge, which is being …

Winter fuel payment claims skyrocket after Labour changes – with half rejected
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Winter fuel payment claims skyrocket after Labour changes – with half rejected

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pensioners have been racing to secure the winter fuel payment, …

Winter fuel payments begin to arrive in bank accounts – what pensioners need to know
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Winter fuel payments begin to arrive in bank accounts – what pensioners need to know

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pensioners have started receiving winter fuel payments for the year, …

Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits
1 month ago

Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners will drive 100,000 more into …

Labour facing legal challenge over winter fuel payments cut
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Labour facing legal challenge over winter fuel payments cut

The Independent  

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Legal Bid to Stop 'Cruel' UK Government Plan to Axe Winter Fuel Benefit
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Legal Bid to Stop 'Cruel' UK Government Plan to Axe Winter Fuel Benefit

Al Jazeera  

A couple from Scotland is suing the UK government over its decision to abolish an allowance for at least 10 million elderly people to spend on additional heating fuel in the winter. The government expects to save 1.3 billion pounds ($1.7bn) in the current tax year (2024-25) and 1.5 billion pounds ($1.95bn) in the following year. The couple claims that …

Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But they have urged less well-off pensioners to apply for …

How to claim Winter Fuel Payment and when is the deadline to apply?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How to claim Winter Fuel Payment and when is the deadline to apply?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in late July, the changes …

Warning some pensioners may have to pay back winter fuel payments - here’s what you can do about it
2 months, 1 week ago

Warning some pensioners may have to pay back winter fuel payments - here’s what you can do about it

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many are unaware that changes in circumstances may force them …

Shock analysis shows four in every five pensioners struggling with money will see winter fuel payment cut
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Shock analysis shows four in every five pensioners struggling with money will see winter fuel payment cut

The Independent  

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‘I can’t afford curtains to block out the draught’: The pensioners worst hit by the winter fuel payment cut
2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I can’t afford curtains to block out the draught’: The pensioners worst hit by the winter fuel payment cut

The Independent  

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Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The increase in the energy …

Rachel Reeves warned winter fuel payment cuts won’t save as much money as expected
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves warned winter fuel payment cuts won’t save as much money as expected

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cuts to pensioner winter fuel payments will save hundreds of millions …

Winter fuel payments: Labour changes explainer and other pension support available
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Winter fuel payments: Labour changes explainer and other pension support available

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “With pensioners also losing the cost-of-living payments they’ve received over …

How nearly 15,000 pensioners in every Labour constituency will lose their winter fuel payment if Keir Starmer presses ahead with controversial plan to strip benefit from 10 million OAPs
3 months, 1 week ago

How nearly 15,000 pensioners in every Labour constituency will lose their winter fuel payment if Keir Starmer presses ahead with controversial plan to strip benefit from 10 million OAPs

Daily Mail  

Some 15,000 pensioners in every Labour constituency will lose their winter fuel payment, a new analysis revealed. A total of six million pensioners who now have a Labour MP will lose the winter fuel payment under his government Only people on pension credit or certain other benefits will receive the winter fuel payments, while about 10 million others are set …

Labour accused of ‘cruelty’ over winter fuel payment cuts as 780,000 pensioners to miss out
3 months, 1 week ago

Labour accused of ‘cruelty’ over winter fuel payment cuts as 780,000 pensioners to miss out

The Independent  

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How Winter Fuel Payments are changing - and the energy bill help alternatives available for pensioners
3 months, 1 week ago

How Winter Fuel Payments are changing - and the energy bill help alternatives available for pensioners

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners will lose out on Winter Fuel Payments worth up to £300 each this winter - but there is other energy bill help still available. Losing the Winter Fuel Payment is a blow to pensioners, but the good news is that other energy bill help is available for retirees. Eating or heating: Charities for the elderly …

Winter fuel payment cut could kill 4,000 people, Labour research suggests
3 months, 1 week ago

Winter fuel payment cut could kill 4,000 people, Labour research suggests

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear

The Independent  

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Thousands rush to claim pension credit amid winter fuel payment squeeze
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands rush to claim pension credit amid winter fuel payment squeeze

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payment cuts leaving pensioners ‘worried sick’, MPs warned
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel payment cuts leaving pensioners ‘worried sick’, MPs warned

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pensioners are “worried sick” about how they will heat their …

Martin Lewis makes Winter Fuel Payment “plea” to all pensioners ahead of Reeves meeting
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Martin Lewis makes Winter Fuel Payment “plea” to all pensioners ahead of Reeves meeting

The Independent  

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Three 'fairer' ways to reform Winter Fuel Payments as five in six poorer pensioners stand to lose out
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Three 'fairer' ways to reform Winter Fuel Payments as five in six poorer pensioners stand to lose out

Daily Mail  

Winter Fuel Payment reforms could be made fairer, experts say, as current government plans mean five in six pensioners below the poverty line stand to lose the benefit. Webb, now a partner at consultants Lane Clark and Peacock and This is Money's resident pensions expert, said Winter Fuel Payment reforms could be changed to be fairer to poorer pensioners. Keeping …

UK faced economic crash if winter fuel payment was not axed, Powell says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UK faced economic crash if winter fuel payment was not axed, Powell says

The Independent  

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Move to end universal winter fuel payments for pensioners to be extended to NI
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Move to end universal winter fuel payments for pensioners to be extended to NI

The Independent  

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Pension Credit campaign launched by DWP after Winter Fuel Payments cut
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pension Credit campaign launched by DWP after Winter Fuel Payments cut

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The awareness drive comes after Rachel Reeves announced last month that the government would …

The winter fuel payment is a lifeline for the elderly – we must defend it
4 months ago

The winter fuel payment is a lifeline for the elderly – we must defend it

The Independent  

As a consultant geriatrician, I am extremely concerned with the recent decision to remove winter fuel payments for millions of older people. We have a collective duty of care to protect vulnerable adults, and adjusting the winter fuel payment will do the exact opposite. I am concerned that cutting the winter fuel payment will put further pressure on an already …

Shame on Labour for leaving pensioners like me in the cold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shame on Labour for leaving pensioners like me in the cold

The Independent  

While I am fully in agreement that the winter fuel allowance is not completely fair as there are retired people who are wealthy enough to not need it, I am concerned that pensioners like myself who are not in receipt of pension credit will lose out! Annie W Address supplied Means testing winter fuel payments is a much-needed step I …

Winter Fuel Payments: Labour urged to undo change for millions of pensioners
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Winter Fuel Payments: Labour urged to undo change for millions of pensioners

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payments scrapped for people not on benefits or pension credits
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Winter fuel payments scrapped for people not on benefits or pension credits

The Independent  

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Labour raids 10MILLION pensioners... and tax hikes ARE coming: Reeves strips most OAPs of winter fuel payments and flags 'difficult decisions' in Budget as she blames Tories for £22bn hole in public f
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour raids 10MILLION pensioners... and tax hikes ARE coming: Reeves strips most OAPs of winter fuel payments and flags 'difficult decisions' in Budget as she blames Tories for £22bn hole in public f

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves raided pensioners and signalled tax hikes are coming today as she claimed there is a £22billion hole in the public finances. Speaking at a press conference tonight, Rachel Reeves defended limiting winter fuel payments to only those on benefits while hiking junior doctors pay The Chancellor said she had no choice but to strip all pensioners who do …

Pension credit warning as people face massive delays
9 months ago

Pension credit warning as people face massive delays

The Independent  

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Pensioners eligible for £301 cost of living payment issued 10-day deadline warning by government
1 year, 7 months ago

Pensioners eligible for £301 cost of living payment issued 10-day deadline warning by government

The Independent  

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How to get the £300 cost of living payment for pensioners
2 years, 1 month ago

How to get the £300 cost of living payment for pensioners

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The British government announced earlier this year that pensioner households …

How wealthy pensioners struggle to opt out of the winter fuel payment
2 years, 6 months ago

How wealthy pensioners struggle to opt out of the winter fuel payment

The Independent  

Only 186 of more than 11 million recipients of the winter fuel payment successfully opted out of the benefit last season, a freedom of information request has revealed, prompting calls for an overhaul of the benefit. The amount of winter fuel payment received per person ranges from £100 and £300 and is designed to specifically help pay energy bills in …

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