Universal Winter Fuel Payment to be reinstated by SNP after Labour cut

EXCLUSIVE: Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Social Justice Secretary, is expected to announce every older Scot will receive a payment.

The SNP Government will reinstate a Winter Fuel Payment for nearly one million Scots by reversing Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ cut.

Reeves’ decision to means-test a payment worth up to £300 will see around 900,000 people in Scots lose out. The decision was branded heartless by critics given that energy bills are rising and voters are braced for a bitter winter. The new system, providing different levels of payment, is expected to be fully up and running next year. A separate payment could be introduced this year, when the WFP will still be administered by the DWP and not by the devolved Social Security Scotland.

SNP Ministers will receive an extra £1.5bn in cash from the UK Government this year and an additional £3.4bn in 2024/25.

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