LIVE: Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers the 2024 Budget statement
MILLIONS of state pensioners will miss out on the winter fuel payment, it's been confirmed in the Autumn Statement.Millions of state pensioners will miss out on the winter fuel payment, it's been confirmed in the Autumn Statementpenny off a pint by cutting draught beer dutyMs Reeves previously said it was a "difficult decision" and not one she wanted to make.That policy is expected to reduce the number of pensioners who receive the payment by 10million, from 11.4million to 1.
In a bid to get more people signed up to pension credit the Chancellor also announced that the administration of Pension Credit and Housing Benefit will be brought together for new claimants from 2026. The Winter Fuel Payment is an annual tax-free benefit designed to help cover the cost of heating through the colder months.Those who qualify are usually told via a letter sent in October or November each year.you were born on or before September 23, 1958
If you did not live in the UK during the qualifying week, you might still get the payment if both the following apply:you have a "genuine and sufficient" link with the UK social security system, such as having lived or worked in the UK and having a family in the UKYou will also not qualify if you:need permission to enter the UK and your granted leave states that you can not claim public fundslived in a care home for the whole time between 26 June to 24 September 2023, and got Pension...
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