After the axing of the winter fuel payments, there is still the chance people can get payments to help them heat homes in cold snaps
Cold weather payments have been triggered for a number of postcodes as Britain is locked in an Arctic blast. Temperatures have been plunging to sub zero for the first real big freeze of late 2024.
Earlier this year Labour axed the £2-300 winter fuel payment for more than 10 million pensioners leading to concerns that some of the poorest people in the UK would be unable to heat their homes. Only those who claim Pensions Credit are now eligible. The Cold Weather Payments were triggered for twelve postcode areas in Cumbria, four in Northumberland, and two postcodes in the Scottish Borders which cross into England. It is estimated that around 10,000 people will receive the payment, the first areas to receive a Cold Weather Payment this winter.
The amber warning covers the east and north of England, midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber, with yellow alerts coming into place for the South East, South West and London at 8am on Tuesday, lasting until 6pm on Saturday. The payments are triggered if average temperatures in an area have been recorded at, or are forecast to be, below freezing for seven consecutive days. Recipients will be automatically paid £25 for each seven-day period of cold weather running across the winter period between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024.
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