33 minutes ago Scots pensioners to receive between £100 and £300 in winter fuel payments by SNP Government next year

The new system ditches the Labour Government plan which strips 900,000 Scots of a payment.

Economics

4 hours ago Winter fuel payment claims skyrocket after Labour changes – but 50% of pensioners rejected

There are now 53,400 pensioners waiting for their claim to be processed

Economics

5 hours ago Unite union launches legal action against government over winter fuel payment cuts

With temperatures dropping, Unite has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the prime minister’s move to means test the payment, which will see it withdrawn from around 10m elderly people

Politics

11 hours ago Universal Winter Fuel Payment to be reinstated by SNP Government after Labour cut

EXCLUSIVE: Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Social Justice Secretary, is expected to announce every older Scot will receive a payment.

Politics

26 hours ago Scottish Government to unveil help for pensioners hit by winter fuel payment cut, John Swinney says

The First Minister said he recognised the ‘seriousness of the situation’

Politics

27 hours ago Winter fuel payments begin to arrive in bank accounts – what pensioners need to know

It’s not to late for eligible pensioners to secure their payment

Economics

29 hours ago Exact code to check in bank account as DWP pays out £300 Winter Fuel Payment

The benefits department announced this week that support payments - worth either £200 or £300 - would start being paid to eligible people from Monday, November 25

Economics

37 hours ago Terminal cancer patient fears she 'won't survive winter' after Labour cuts fuel allowance for 44,000 pensioners suffering from incurable illnesss

Helen van Bueren, 77, from Derbyshire, who has Multiple Myeloma, is one of those who has lost her Winter Fuel Payment and said she fears she 'won't see the other side of this winter'.

Science

39 hours ago 37% of older people ‘will find it hard to manage without winter fuel payment’

Charity Age UK said that energy bills ‘have become a source of real fear’.

Politics