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DWP winter fuel payment changes in full - and who is eligible for £300 support
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
Winter fuel payment recipients in 2023-24 by parliamentary constituency
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.
'People will die due to loss of winter fuel payment'
Taking winter fuel payments away from pensioners is "cruel and unnecessary", a council has warned. Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES), a Liberal Democrat controlled authority, has resolved to write to the government, urging it to abandon the plan to reduce payment eligibility.
214,000 more pensioners got fuel help last winter ahead of Reeves’s plan to cut payments
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the cash payments will now be means-tested. Only people in receipt of pension credit, a payment that offers extra support for those on a low-income, or who are eligible for other benefits will be given the winter fuel payments this winter.
DWP Winter Fuel Payment eligibility changes - who qualifies for £300 support
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
Tory council criticises winter fuel payment cuts
Conservative councillors at a local authority have proposed a motion against the government's winter fuel payment cuts. It was submitted by the leader of Tory-led West Northamptonshire Council, Adam Brown,
'Our winter fuel payment goes into the holiday kitty'
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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Delegates had assumed vote would be included today alongside other economic motions. Labour never miss an opportunity to remind voters what a disaster the Liz Truss mini-budget was, and in her speech today Rachel Reeves will do this again.
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Protesters chant outside Labour conference against winter fuel cut
Protesters gather outside the Labour conference in Liverpool to demonstrate against the winter fuel allowance axe. The demonstrators can be heard chanting: 'Keir Starmer don;'t be cruel, hands off our winter fuel'.
DWP Winter Fuel Payment warning over 'absolute deadline' for pensioners to secure £4,300
The eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment is tightening making it ever more important to make sure you qualifty.
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Unite's General Secretary has urged Keir Starmer to reverse the decision to cut winter fuel payments for some pensioners.
DWP Winter Fuel Payment eligibility changes - check if you qualify for £300 support
Millions of people are set to receive a financial boost from the Department of Work and Pensions. The support will help ...