Shirley-Anne Somerville is expected to announce a new benefit to help pensioners who lost their winter fuel payments.

With winter bringing cold temperatures and soaring energy bills, pensioners are being urged to act quickly to secure their ...

The Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, which replaces the Winter Fuel Payment in Scotland, provides £200 to qualifying households, increasing to £300 if someone in the household is aged 80 or over.

The reaction to the Chancellor’s decision to start means-testing the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) might be regarded as somewhat ...

Every pensioner in Scotland will be given a brand new winter fuel payment next year, but campaigners have warned thousands ...

All Scottish pensioners to receive winter fuel payment next year - ‘We will not abandon older people this winter, or indeed ...

SCOTS pensioners who have missed out on support for their heating costs could still receive help. Nearly one million OAPs ...

Every pensioner household in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment next year, the Scottish government has announced.

Which means that energy costs can be hard to meet. A household is considered fuel poor if its power costs are more than 10 ...

SCOTTISH pensioners will receive a new Universal Winter Fuel Payment. Shirley​-Anne Somerville,​ Social Justice Secretary​, ...

EVERY pensioner in Scotland is set to get a Winter Fuel Payment of up to £300 next year. The Scottish Government confirmed ...

The Scottish government has announced that all pensioners in Scotland will receive a winter heating payment in 2025/26.