Some applicants are facing nine-week delays, as helpline sees surge in calls following Rachel Reeves's benefit change
Some applicants are facing nine-week delays, as helpline sees surge in calls following Rachel Reeves's benefit changeRachel Reeves’s decision to scrap the payment for all except those on pension credit or other means-tested benefits will affect around 10 million
The Government launched an “awareness drive” this week, urging pensioners to check their eligibility in order to secure this year’s winter fuel payment.cruelly snatched away the winter fuel payment from millions of pensioners, she promised to help households who are eligible to claim the benefit. She added that “those who are on low incomes but are rejected as just a bit above the cut-off point won’t get any help at all.“Poorer pensioners usually have no way of suddenly finding extra money. And can’t or won’t borrow to get into debt. They don’t have these sums stashed behind their sofa and they are not likely to be able to borrow money or use credit cards to pay their fuel bills.
The Government’s new awareness campaign aims to help identify households not claiming the benefit, and encourage pensioners to apply.advises that any eligible claimants whose payment does not come through automatically will have to claim for that by 31 March 2025. “Left caught up in the chaos are older people who will be left fearful of the winter ahead. If ministers think that a communications campaign to encourage take up of pension credit is any substitute for actual help with energy bills this winter, then they are very much mistaken.
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