DWP will pay couples born before this date free £300 winter payment

A number of benefits will still qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ).
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The Department for Work and Pensions will pay a free £300 winter payment to couples born before this exact date. A number of benefits will still qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ).

The eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payments is changing under the new Labour Party government and after Rachel Reeves' decision, you must to be in receipt of means-tested benefits including Pension Credit.

If you're eligible, you'll get £200 if you live alone and you were born between September 23, 1944 and September 22, 1958 or you live with someone and one or both of you were born between September 23, 1944 and September 22, 1958. You'll get a £300 Winter Fuel Payment if y ou live alone and you were born before September 23, 1944 or y ou live with someone and one or both of you were born before September 23, 1944.

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The DWP explains: "You will need to claim Winter Fuel Payment even if you have got it before. The payment is not made automatically. Download and fill in form IPCF091, if you’re a UK national or UK dual national living in an eligible country other than Ireland. If you’ve not claimed Winter Fuel Payment before, you’ll also need to fill in a Winter Fuel Payment claim form."

You must have been claiming one of the following benefits between September 16 and September 22, 2024 to get a Winter Fuel Payment: Income Support. Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit or Universal Credit.

Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: “Labour conference has understood what ministers have failed to acknowledge, that removing the winter fuel payment at short notice and from so many people is wrong.

“If the government persists with the cuts, it will be gambling with pensioners’ ability to keep warm this winter and with that, their health and wellbeing.”