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.

The UK Government has rejected an online petition's call to extend Winter Fuel Payments to all State Pensioners, despite more ...

State pensioners who won't be getting a £300 Winter Fuel Payment in December are being urged to make sure they unplug two ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has responded to a petition calling for the £300 Winter Fuel Payment to be reinstated ...

In a welcome move for financially pinched UK families, Blackpool Council is stepping in with up to £300 to bolster those hit ...

A Department for Work and Pensions £175 payment could fill the Winter Fuel Allowance void for state pensioners, it is hoped.

SCOTS pensioners who have missed out on support for their heating costs could still receive help. Nearly one million OAPs ...

Fuel Payment is worth between £100 and £300 and is paid to help people pay their heating bills during the colder months ...

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 ...

The union has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the government’s decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for ...