Energy prices are set to rise after the regulator announced the new price cap on Friday. From October, the annual gas and electricity bill for a typical household will go up to £1,717. But, while the winter fuel payment would have gone a long way to covering the increase in previous years, this time it will only be given to pensioners who receive pension credit.
About 880,000 people who could get that benefit do not do so – something the government is trying to address as it faces criticism for taking the winter fuel payment away from about 10 million pensioners.
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