{"id":72862,"date":"2025-05-04T03:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72862\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T03:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:50:08","slug":"state-pensioners-born-before-this-year-get-instant-100-winter-fuel-payment-increase-personal-finance-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72862\/","title":{"rendered":"State pensioners born before this year get instant \u00a3100 winter fuel payment increase | Personal Finance | Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many will know by now, millions of state pensioners are losing their \u00a3300 winter fuel payment<\/a> if they no longer claim a qualifying benefit, after the government’s decision to switch the payment to being means tested instead of universal.<\/p>\n

But what many don\u2019t realise is that even if you do qualify for the winter fuel payment<\/a> this year, the exact amount you can get will change depending on the year you were born, and possibly on other circumstances too.<\/p>\n

The winter fuel payment<\/a> used to be paid automatically to all state pensioners but from now on, you need to be claiming a qualifying benefit such as Pension Credit, after the government changed the rules.<\/p>\n

Those who are of state pension<\/a> age but aged under 80, so born on or before September 22, 1958 and qualify will get a \u00a3200 payment, whereas those aged over 80 – so born September 22, 1944 or earlier – will get \u00a3300.<\/p>\n

The amount you get is based on when you were born and your circumstances between September 15 and 21, 2025. This is called the \u2018qualifying week\u2019.<\/p>\n

This means that if you are aged over 80 and qualify, your winter fuel payment<\/a> will be increased from \u00a3200 to \u00a3300.<\/p>\n

Most people who qualify will get a letter telling you how much you\u2019ll get and which bank account this will be paid into – which is usually the same as your Pension Credit or other benefits.<\/p>\n

Age UK said: \u201cIf you or your partner claims Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance, the payment should go to the main claimant of the benefit automatically.<\/p>\n

“If you’ve never received a winter fuel payment<\/a> before, or if you claim Universal Credit, you might need to make a claim. And if you receive Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit, you must make a claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should receive your payment between mid-November and Christmas. Call the winter fuel payment<\/a> helpline on 0800 731 0160 if you have any enquiries or you don’t receive your payment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As many will know by now, millions of state pensioners are losing their \u00a3300 winter fuel payment if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,36174,474,2074,26981,2499,1786,16,15,22334],"class_list":{"0":"post-72862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ctp_video","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-pension","12":"tag-pensioner","13":"tag-personal-finance","14":"tag-state-pension","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-winter-fuel-payment"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114447530265612482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72862","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=72862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}