Support and information about payments and discounts.
You may be entitled to a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 if you get any of the following benefits on a certain date:
If you’re entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2023 to 2024, you will get an extra £150 or £300 paid with your normal payment from November 2023. The full amount of Winter Fuel Payment (including the Pensioner Cost of Living Payment) you will get for winter 2023 to 2024 depends on when you were born and your circumstances during the qualifying dates. You can get a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2023 to 2024 if you were born before 25 September 1957. Pension Tax Credit An estimated 850,000 pensioner households in the UK do not claim pension credit, which is a gateway to these extra payments. Other eligibility details are outlined here.
Two payments totalling £650 were made last year to more than eight million low-income households. The first instalment of £326 was paid between 14 and 31 July. The second instalment of £324 should have reached those eligible by the end of December. Payments of £300 were also paid to pensioners during the winter just gone, and a £150 payment was also made last year to those with disabilities. Some people would have received all of those payments, if they were eligible.
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