Tens of thousands of vulnerable people are likely to be missing out on £150 worth of support for their energy bills, according to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action and Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis.
This is the first winter of the new eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount scheme, and while those on the guaranteed element of pension credit will continue to get the payment automatically, others on a low income also now need to have 'high energy costs' to qualify for the state-backed initiative funded by energy suppliers.
This means many who qualified last winter will not get the money this year, and Martin Lewis reckons even some who likely should be being paid under the new criteria are finding it tough to secure the payment.
