Pensioners will have to wait an extra nine months to qualify for Winter Fuel Payments. Around 11.9 million people were eligible for payments of between £100 and £300 to help with heating costs in 2017/18. But the qualifying age for winter 2018/19 has been changed in line with the rising State Pension...

dont forget all you people that were born before 05/01/1953 are entiltled to winter fuel payment ,download the form from here https://www.gov.uk/government/public...t-claim-form.:)

Winter fuel payments: 'Force pensioners to apply'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th February 2015 10:10.

*By forcing pensioners to apply for their £200-£300 winter fuel cash the Government could save hundreds of millions of pounds, according to the......

Number of expat pensioners claiming winter fuel cash surges by 70%

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th November 2013 09:37.

*...thanks to 'ridiculous' EU ruling* The number of pensioners around Europe claiming the winter fuel allowance has surged by 70 per...

Wealthy Pensioners Urged To Hand Benefits Back

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th April 2013 13:42.

*Iain Duncan Smith says it is an "anomaly" that all pensioners receive universal benefits, no matter how rich they are.* Wealthy pensioners are......

Downing Street refuses to rule out scrapping winter fuel payments

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd February 2013 10:47.

*......free bus passes and prescriptions for wealthiest pensioners after 2015 election* Winter fuel payments, free bus passes, eye tests,......

'Target winter fuel benefit to pay for elderly care'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd January 2013 09:36.

Winter fuel payments should be means-tested to help pay for care of the elderly, a former minister says. A report ...

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No more winter fuel payments for you! Government told to cut benefits for middle

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th June 2012 08:04.

*.....-class pensioners who don't need them* The Government has been under pressure from senior politicians, including Work...

Free bus passes and winter fuel allowance for OAPs 'cost £3bn and do nothing

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 21st February 2012 18:37.

*.....for economy', says leading think tank* Pensioners should be stripped of winter fuel allowance and free bus travel because...

I have only just discovered this:
Winter fuel allowance to fall in 2011 - March - 2011 - Which? News

Bearing in mind that the cost of both electricity and gas will go up by between 16 - 18%, not forgetting the rising cost of central heating oil and solid fuel.
One is quite...

How did the Chancellors budget affect you? Do you feel you will fall into the better off or worse off catagory.

I know winter fuel payments are going down which is a shame for a lot of people and it wasn't really talked about.

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