Millions of people across the UK are eligible for a slice of the government's £4.6 billion pot to support older people during the cost of living crisis in the form of Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments. Now the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the final date by which Winter Fuel Payments will arrive in bank accounts.
A whopping 11.6 million older people have already received the cash boost, worth up to £600 per household, those eligible but still waiting for the money to drop into their accounts should find the figure in their bank account by January.
The money is designed to help eligible people across the UK with the soaring cost of energy bills and other household costs over the cold winter months. The recent cold snap has meant many household budgets will have been squeezed further as heating has had to be turned on longer to keep an even temperature in homes.
