BIG SUPPORT: People aged over 80 will get an extra \u00a3100 boost (Image: iStockphoto\/ Getty) <\/p>\n
Around nine million pensioners are set to receive an automatic payment of at least \u00a3200 later this year as part of the government\u2019s Winter Fuel Payment scheme<\/a>. The payment – designed to help with heating costs during the colder months – will be made automatically, with no need for eligible pensioners to apply<\/a>. <\/p>\n It is expected to land in bank accounts in November, just in time for the festive season. Anyone born before September 22, 1959, may qualify for a payment between \u00a3100 and \u00a3300, depending on their age and circumstances<\/p>\n Those under the age of 80 will receive \u00a3200, while those aged 80 and over will be granted \u00a3300.\u00a0<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Following a government U-turn<\/a> earlier this year, many more people are now eligible. Initially, Labour\u2019s planned changes to the benefit would have removed<\/a> support for millions of pensioners, but backlash led to a reversal of the decision. <\/p>\n Now, around 75% of pensioners with incomes under \u00a335,000 will retain the allowance, reports\u00a0Birmingham Live<\/a>. All eligible pensioners will receive the payment upfront, although HMRC is expected to reclaim<\/a> the amount from those whose annual income exceeds \u00a335,000.<\/p>\n The changes mean many people who didn\u2019t qualify in 2024 could now receive the extra support in 2025. For pensioners living on fixed incomes, the reinstated support could provide much-needed stability in the face of high energy bills and continued cost of living pressures.<\/p>\n READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIG SUPPORT: People aged over 80 will get an extra \u00a3100 boost (Image: iStockphoto\/ Getty) Around nine million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,16884,186,187,621,1794,1881,184,185,9876],"class_list":{"0":"post-55391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-dwp","12":"tag-finance","13":"tag-money","14":"tag-national","15":"tag-pension","16":"tag-pensioners","17":"tag-personal-finance","18":"tag-personalfinance","19":"tag-state-pension"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}