{"id":187916,"date":"2025-06-16T02:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/187916\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T02:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:59:17","slug":"the-pensioners-who-wont-get-winter-fuel-payments-as-new-rules-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/187916\/","title":{"rendered":"The pensioners who WON&#8217;T get Winter Fuel Payments as new rules confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Fuel Payments will be made to millions of pensioners this winter after a U-turn on the rules, but some people will still miss out on a payment<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750042757_139_0_Woman-holding-cash-in-front-of-heating-radiator-Payment-for-heating-in-winter-Selective-focus.jpg\" alt=\"The senior woman holding gas bill in front of heating radiator. Payment for heating in winter.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>(Image: Marina113 via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Government has revealed which pensioners will be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment this year, following a significant reversal of last year&#8217;s unpopular eligibility rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As a result of the U-turn, an additional millions of pensioners will receive the payment, worth up to \u00a3300, this winter, bringing the total number of recipients to nine million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Pensioners with an income of \u00a335,000 or less will be eligible for the payment; however, those exceeding this threshold, including the wealthiest, will be excluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Although technically all pensioners will receive the support, those earning over \u00a335,000 will have the payment deducted from their tax returns, as implementing a targeted payment system was deemed too complicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">With the increased income threshold, millions more elderly individuals will be eligible for the winter payment starting in November, resulting in approximately 75% of pensioners receiving the payment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The confirmation of eligibility follows criticism directed at the Government for not providing adequate details after announcing the U-turn last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Chancellor Rachel Reeves maintains that last year&#8217;s cuts were the &#8220;right decision&#8221; and the improving economic landscape now allows for the provision of winter support to more households.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, the policy has been a resounding failure, causing a sharp decline in support for Labour, as the party faced intense criticism over the policy. Ms Reeves stated: &#8220;Targeting Winter Fuel Payments was a tough decision, but the right decision because of the inheritance we had been left by the previous government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It is also right that we continue to means-test this payment so that it is targeted and fair, rather than restoring eligibility to everyone including the wealthiest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;But we have now acted to expand the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment so no pensioner on a lower income will miss out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;This will mean over three quarters of pensioners receiving the payment in England and Wales later this winter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750042757_278_0_Woman-holding-cash-in-front-of-heating-radiator-Payment-for-heating-in-winter-Selective-focus.jpg\" alt=\"The senior woman holding gas bill in front of heating radiator. Payment for heating in winter.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>(Image: Marina113 via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter Fuel Payments will be made to millions of pensioners this winter after a U-turn on the rules,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,474,2499,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-187916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-personal-finance","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114690809125668248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}