The DWP will soon be providing a one-off payment to millions of people on specific benefits to help with their heating costs. But the way it's paid has changed this year

Here is a list of the number of people who received the winter fuel payment during the winter of 2023/24 in each parliamentary constituency in Britain. The figures have been published by the Department for Work & Pensions.

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Angela Maskell and her husband Frederick are two of the 10 million pensioners who have lost the winter fuel payment.

This year, millions of people on specific benefits are set to receive a financial boost from the Department of Work and Pensions to assist with their heating expenses

The 80-year-old, like all pensioners in England and Wales, was given the winter fuel payment (WFP) automatically – until this week when the new Labour government voted to change the rules. Now only pensioners who qualify for certain benefits will receive it, an estimated 1.5 million people. Last winter 10.8 million people got the payment.

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