On top of the spring payment will also be a separate £150 for more than six million people with disabilities and £300 for over eight million pensioners as well as their Winter Fuel Payments.
Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said:"This winter we have seen over nine million adults living in Dickensian conditions in cold, damp homes.
He said the government must"go further" not just financially but also in regard to the forced transfer of households on to more expensive pre-payment meters.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt acknowledged these were"tough times for families across the UK" but argued the payouts were"on top of above-inflation increases to working-age benefits and the energy price guarantee, which is insulating millions from even higher global gas prices".
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