Tag: Winter Fuel Payment
State pensioners handed Christmas bonus cash after losing Winter Fuel Payment
State pensioners across the UK will automatically be sent a Christmas bonus despite losing their Winter Fuel Payment this year. …
Chancellor urged to scrap free prescriptions for people aged 60 to 65
Pressure is coming from the Intergenerational Foundation charity, which argues that free prescriptions should be aligned to the state pension age of 66. …
DWP payment could help those in need after Winter Fuel Payment cut
Pensions Minister Emma Reynolds has spoken out on the payments …
Martin Lewis urges state pensioners ‘make one phone call’ for £11,600 handout
Martin Lewis says state pensioners should make a phone call and get as much as £11,600 this winter. …
Labour’s masterplan is falling apart and Winter Fuel Payment U-turn is only hope left
Labour hasn’t even been in power for 100 days and people are already asking whether this is the worst government ever. …
‘No time to lose’ – Unpaid carers urged to check eligibility for £2,370 payments from DWP
Carers UK is concerned that pensioners who are unpaid carers and on low incomes will struggle this winter if they don’t get Pension Credit along with a second top-up called Carer Addition. …
Martin Lewis warns older people ‘charged more to boil kettle’
Money expert Martin Lewis is warning that older people are being charged more to boil the kettle. …
DWP still paying £300 Winter Fuel Payment to state pensioners living in EU
The DWP is still handing out £300 Winter Fuel Payments to expat state pensioners who have moved to European Union countries. …
Viewers slam Labour’s Ed Miliband as he claims cutting winter fuel payment ‘right thing’
Labour minister appeared on Good Morning Britain and one viewer said the government could have ‘blood on its’ hands’ …
Martin Lewis warns state pensioners keeping warm without heating this winter
Money expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning to state pensioners keeping warm without running the heating this winter. …
