State pensioners who agree to change their lightbulbs handed £200 each

State pensioners could be handed £200 for changing a lightbulb after losing a £300 Winter Fuel Payment. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Winter Fuel Allowance has been scrapped for state pensioners and energy customers.

Simon Oram, smart home category manager at Toolstation, you could switch to LED lightbulbs. LEDs require much less electricity to power than both traditional incandescent and halogen light bulbs so this will in turn save you money.

Simon added: "While turning off the lights when you’re leaving the room is a great habit to pick up, it may also be worth switching to LED smart light bulbs around the home. These can connect to a range of smart home providers such as Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri and more.

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“Smart LED light bulbs can take the pressure off, so if you forget to flip the switch off on your way out, you can do so from your phone.” You can save between £1 and £4 per year for every traditional or halogen bulb you switch to an LED bulb with similar brightness.

So, if the average household replaced all bulbs with LEDs, it would save around £40 a year on bills. Over the course of the Labour government, it could mean state pensioners who've lost the £300 Winter Fuel Allowance manage to mitigate and offset the loss by saving £200 on lighting.

There are several other ways to reduce your electricity bill, at the same time as reducing your carbon footprint. Always turn off lights when you leave the room. A typical household could save almost £15 a year just by switching off the lights as you leave the room.

Arrange light switches in places where it’s easy to turn them off, for example near the door, energy bill customers have also been told.