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Alongside the winter fuel payment, claiming pension credit can unlock housing benefit, support with mortgages, a free TV licence and help with NHS dental appointments. This can add up to thousands ...
The department says that waiting times for pension credit claims have reduced since the deadline to apply for the 2024 winter fuel payment passed on 21 December, but it is unclear by how much.
Pensioners are facing waits of more than 100 days to secure their winter fuel payment as Labour reforms put a major strain on the Department for Work and Pensions ().. An investigation by The ...
Alongside the winter fuel payment, claiming pension credit can unlock housing benefit, support with mortgages, a free TV licence and help with NHS dental appointments. This can add up to thousands ...
The Winter Fuel Payment is a state benefit paid once per year in England and Wales [1] and Northern Ireland to some people old enough to have been born before a specific date. It is intended to cover the additional costs of heating over the winter months.
Thousands of pensioners are missing meals, cutting back on essentials and feeling more cold at home this winter following the government’s changes to the winter fuel payment, a damning new ...
‘We will not abandon older people this winter, or indeed any winter,’ says Holyrood minister
The policy means around 10 million pensioners will no longer receive winter fuel payments, with Age UK arguing around 2.5 million of them are on low incomes and “badly need” the benefit.