Every pensioner household in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment next year, the Scottish government has announced.
Campaigners have said this threshold is too low, and will put two million vulnerable pensioners at risk of missing out.
FOUR mistakes could see you denied a state pension boost and winter fuel payment worth £3,200 – but you can rectify them. The ...
Pension Credit applications can be backdated by three months, meaning pensioners who apply for the benefit by December 21 will also qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. Pension Credit is designed to ...
She went on to add that the government has seen an increase in the number of people claiming Pension Credit, with a 152 ...
The deadline is looming for almost a million people to claim Pension Credit, and get backdated Winter Fuel Payments in the process.
The union has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the government’s decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for ...
Unite, one of Labour’s major donors, has repeatedly called on the Government to abandon its decision to means test the winter ...
Liz Kendall has written an open letter on the new Labour Party government's move to end universal Winter Fuel Payments. Under ...
Members of a trade union and pensioner groups took to the streets of Cambridge city centre on Saturday (November 30). This ...