Alan from Troon asks if anyone is lobbying for an increase in Winter Fuel Allowance for OAPs in light of the very large upsurge in electricity, gas, fuel oil, etc?
A claimant may be able to get a winter fuel payment during the qualifying week they are is aged 60 or over; is resident in the United Kingdom (there are rules about living in EC countries) and has made a claim by the due date if they need to do so and are not in an excluded group such as living in a care and is in receipt of pension credit or income-based jobseeker’s allowance. Citizens Advice are looking closely at the large increases in fuel costs and the appropriateness of the rates of Winter Fuel Payments and will be making representations to the relevant government departments id it is causing hardship There are age related additions and these are set out in a booklet obtainable from the Pension Service. Frank Grudgings wants to know about widowers’ benefits. He’s read a newspaper article which says that under European law, men whose wives died before 09/04/2001 are entitled to the same benefits as women whose husbands died. His wife died on 17/02/2001. Is he entitled to money? He
