{"id":938750,"date":"2026-05-05T06:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/938750\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:37:34","slug":"rachel-reeves-confirms-new-rule-for-state-pensioners-with-incomes-over-35000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/938750\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Reeves confirms new rule for state pensioners with incomes over \u00a335,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Changes to the support scheme over recent years have been controversial\"HMRC<\/p>\n

Rachel Reeves has set out details.<\/p>\n

Over-65s with higher incomes will be impacted by new rules around Government support payments.<\/p>\n

It surrounds Winter Fuel Payments which are no longer handed out to all pensioners.<\/p>\n

The winter allowance is now linked to incomes, with some deemed too well off to qualify.<\/p>\n

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the Treasury have confirmed eligibility rules for winter 2026 and who will get the cash.<\/p>\n

The winter fuel allowance is worth either \u00a3200 or \u00a3300 depending on age.<\/p>\n

The cash boost normally enter bank accounts during November.<\/p>\n

They provide crucial support to help lower-income pensioners with their energy bills and ensure they can stay warm during the coldest months.<\/p>\n

However, changes to the allowance, seen by some pensioners as almost a right, have not gone down well in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Over-65s now get to keep the cash if their annual incomes are below \u00a335,000.<\/p>\n

Households with higher incomes are judged to be financially comfortable enough to cope without the bonus, with a view money was previously being wasted on these households who didn’t need it.<\/p>\n

This is how the support worked last year, with same rules confirmed for 2026.<\/p>\n

The Winter Fuel Payment system can be confusing however.<\/p>\n

All pensioners are initially handed the payments but it is then claimed back by HMRC from higher earners.<\/p>\n

People under 80 get \u00a3200 while older pensioners will be handed \u00a3300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Changes to the support scheme over recent years have been controversial Rachel Reeves has set out details. Over-65s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,1267,474,2074,2499,619,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-938750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dwp","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-pension","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-rachel-reeves","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116520593643299338","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938750","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=938750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}