The new system ditches the Labour Government plan which strips 900,000 Scots of a payment.
Scots pensioners will receive between £100 and £300 in winter fuel payments next year after a decision by the SNP Government. Social Justice Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville axed Labour’s means-testing plan and replaced it with a form of universalism.
The Record revealed the SNP Government had decided to replace the means-test with a two tier payment system that would see all pensioners receive money to heat their homes. Under the new Pension Age Winter Heating Payments system, which comes into force next year, Somerville said: “The full details of our proposed approach will be set out in the Scottish Government’s 25-26 Budget.
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