Winter fuel, Pension Credit

Winter fuel payments begin to arrive in bank accounts – what pensioners need to know
Pensioners have started receiving winter fuel payments for the year, with eligible pensioners set to receive £200-300 in their bank accounts from 25 November. In previous years, all pensioners would receive the payment every winter to help towards cold weather heating costs. Now, it will only be paid to pensioners who are claiming pension credit.
All Scottish pensioners to get winter fuel payment
Every pensioner household in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment next year, the Scottish government has announced. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said those in receipt of qualifying benefits like Pension Credit would get £200 or £300 depending on their age, while all others would get £100.
DWP Friday update on Winter Fuel Payment and Triple Lock as £300 paid to pensioners
She went on to add that the government has seen an increase in the number of people claiming Pension Credit, with a 152 percent rise in claims to enable pensioners to get their Winter Fuel Payment back, as well as ‘extra financial support’ with the £150 Warm Homes Discount.
Pension credit applications soar after winter fuel payment cut, but only 5% are approved
Just 42,500 applications for pension credit have been approved over the past 16 weeks - less than 5% of the 880,000 people the Government said were missing out on the benefit in July
All Scottish pensioners to receive winter fuel payment next year
All pensioners in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment once again from next year, the Scottish government has announced. The Westminster and Scottish governments earlier this year both scrapped the universal payment, making it means-tested instead, so only people on pension credit or similar benefits qualify.
SNP to give Scots pensioners minimum £100 winter fuel payment
All Scottish pensioners are to receive a winter fuel payment of at least £100 from next year after SNP ministers staged a partial about-turn on cutting the benefit. Shirley Anne-Somerville, the SNP’s Social Justice Secretary,
Every pensioner household in Scotland to get winter fuel payment next year
Social Justice Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville announces a new benefit to help pensioners who lost their winter fuel payments.
Major winter fuel payment update in Scotland as Keir Starmer comes under pressure
The Prime Minister is under pressure after the Scottish government announced every OAP north of the border would receive a winter heating payment worth at least £100 in 2025
DWP gives 81,000 state pensioners £3.9k boost and access to Winter Fuel Payment
The DWP said there had been a 145 per cent increase in the number of Pension Credit claims received in the past 16 weeks compared to the same timeframe before the Chancellor's ann
Thousands risk missing out on winter fuel payment
Thousands of people in West Yorkshire are at risk of missing out on winter fuel payments as they are not claiming pension credits, new figures suggest. With the 21 December deadline for applications looming,
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Unite union takes legal action over Winter Fuel Payment cut
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SNP Cabinet minister denies Winter Fuel Payment scenes were like The Thick of It
Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the political comedy had "absolutely nothing to do with last week".
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WATCH: Unite Portsmouth members gather in Guildhall Square to protest winter fuel payment cuts to pensioners
Members of a trade union took to the streets to protest the government’s winter fuel payment cuts to pensioners.
Liz Kendall’s winter fuel hypocrisy after claiming up to £350 a month in energy bills
Cabinet minister, who lives in a £4m luxury London mansion, axed payments to pensioners despite having her own energy bills ...