17 h. ago Exact date millions of pensioners will qualify for Winter Fuel Payment

In a huge U-turn, it was confirmed that pensioners will now receive the Winter Fuel Payment this year if they earn below £35,000 a year - we explain the full eligibility below

Economics

30 h. ago Labour MPs call for benefit cuts to be scrapped after winter fuel payment U

Rachel Reeves has announced that around nine million more pensioners will receive the fuel payment this year

Politics

34 h. ago Winter fuel payment should be restored for NI pensioners – Lyons

Around 250,000 pensioners in NI were affected when the payment was cut last year in a cost-saving measure by the new Labour government.

Economics

37 h. ago Millions of Brits to get up to £300 winter fuel payment in government U

A significant government U-turn means that more than three-quarters of pensioners will receive winter fuel payments this year. Here's what you need to know about the payment

Economics

38 h. ago 9 million pensioners to receive winter fuel payment again this year in Reeves U

Almost nine out of 11 pensioners who lost the payments last year will have them reinstated after Labour suffered a massive political backlash against the decision

Economics

38 h. ago Winter fuel payments threshold to rise to £35,000, Rachel Reeves announces

Change means about 7.5 million pensioners in England and Wales who lost out on payment will have it restoredUK politics live – latest updatesAll pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year will have the winter fuel payment restored in full, Rachel Reeves has announced, after weeks of uncertainty over the decision to make a U-turn on scrapping the benefit.Ministers are restoring the automatic payments as a universal benefit this winter and then recouping the money when higher-income pensioners fill in their tax returns, as creating a new means test would be a highly complex option. Continue reading...

Economics

38 h. ago Nine million pensioners to receive winter fuel payment this year, Reeves says

The payment will be restored to all pensioners with an income of under £35,000.

Economics

41 h. ago Pensioners issued warning over £10,000 winter fuel payment rule

Winter fuel payments are available for state pensioners who also claim Pension Credit, with the government planning to review the eligibility criteria for the payment this year

Economics

5 d. ago State pensioners born in certain years given immediate Winter Fuel Payment increase

The payment is worth £100 more depending on when you were born

Economics

5 d. ago Keir Starmer vows to attack child poverty crisis after free school meals boost

Keir Starmer said expanding free school meals to more than half a million more pupils next year was a 'down payment' on the Governments plans to drive down child poverty

Events

6 d. ago What is the winter fuel payment? Rachel Reeves confirms more pensioners will qualify this year

Payments are made to help ease the burden of paying for heating bills

Economics

8 d. ago Keir Starmer hints major winter fuel payment could come as soon as next week

Keir Starmer says he wants to make more pensioners eligible for the winter fuel payment this year - and did not rule out an announcement next week

Politics

1 week ago Winter fuel payment: Options to reintroduce the benefit for millions of households

The decision to make the Winter Fuel Payment available only to those who claim pension credit last year meant those claiming the benefit fell by almost 90% and saved around £1.5 billion a year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimates

Economics

1 week ago Nationwide customers to earn £100 bonus payment this year – are you eligible?

Even more customers are eligible for the payment this year

Economics

1 week ago Nationwide confirms £100 bonus payment coming later this year – what you need to know

Even more customers are eligible for the payment this year

Economics

2 w. ago Manchester United set to complete £62.5m signing of Wolves’ Matheus Cunha

Manchester United open to selling Alejandro GarnachoRuben Amorim also keen on Ipswich’s Liam DelapManchester United are poised to sign Matheus Cunha after triggering the £62.5m release clause in the Wolves’ forward’s contract. United have agreed to split the fee in three payments across the next two years.Wolves rejected United’s attempt to stagger the payment across five years but now the Brazilian is set to become Ruben Amorim’s first summer signing after a hugely disappointing season. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Nationwide £100 bonus payment to be revealed this week – what you need to know

The payment has been given to millions customers for the past two years

Economics

2 w. ago Pensioners in Scotland to get winter heating payment of up to £305 by specific date this year

Over one million people over State Pension age will receive a minimum of £100 from the Scottish Government.

Economics

2 w. ago DWP Winter Fuel Payments explained and what Keir Starmer has just announced

Last year, the Labour government means-tested the Winter Fuel Payment which meant that only certain pensioners over the age of 66 would receive the £300 payment, rather than all pensioners

Politics

3 w. ago Lawyers fume over 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan's £1million compensation cap who could be waiting 'years' for payment

Lawyers said the money Mr Sullivan, 68, can expect pales compared to the millions handed out to actual criminals injured on the prison estate.

Economics