Today is the deadline for pensioners to receive their combined Winter Fuel and Cost of Living payments, worth up to £600 for some households.
Most pensioners should have received the money towards their energy bills before Christmas, but the DWP has said today is the last day that payments will be made, and anyone who is eligible but has not received these payments should get in touch.
Winter Fuel Payments – boosted this year by an additional £300 per household Pensioner Cost of Living payment – were made before Christmas to over 99% of the eligible 11.5 million pensioners across the UK this winter, including nearly 500,000 in the North East. The rollout of this year's payments started in November. Last year, 497,374 North East pensioners received the extra money from the Winter Fuel Payment.
