The Department for Work and Pensions is paying state pensioners born before a specific date a free £200 payment to help get them through winter.
The Department for Work and Pensions is set to provide a helping hand to state pensioners born before certain dates with a free £200 payment aimed at supporting them through the colder months. Those who qualify and meet the necessary conditions could receive £200 from the DWP this winter.
Couples who jointly claim benefits will be eligible for one payment either £200 if one or both partners were born in the period from 23 September 1944 to 22 September 1958, or £300 if either was born before 23 September 1944. Amidst this, the Labour Party leadership's move to delay the debate and vote on cutting the winter fuel allowance has sparked controversy. Unite's Andy Green labelled it "an outrage", criticising the timing of the decision: "This is simply an attempt to take out the debate on the winter fuel allowance. Today is economy day at conference and we have the chancellor speaking and a composite motion on the growth mission, which is scheduled for this morning.
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