Winter fuel payment
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland under Budget plans
Finance Secretary Shona Robison also outlined record NHS and local government funding in her tax and spending plans for 2025/26.
Robison outlines Scottish Budget with vow it ‘offers hope for future’
Scotland’s Finance Secretary is unveiling the Scottish Government’s tax and spending plans for 2025/26.
Every Scottish pensioner to receive winter heating payment next year
The Scottish Government said it will ‘continue to protect our pensioners from the harsh reality of a UK Labour Government’.
Pension credit applications soar but approvals remain low
Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out on the benefit.
Union launches legal action over winter fuel payment cut
Unite, one of Labour’s major donors, has repeatedly called on the Government to abandon its decision to means test the winter fuel payment.
It makes sense to make winter fuel payment change, says Sir Keir Starmer
Chancellor Rachel Reeves limited access to the benefit, worth up to £300, in a cost-saving measure, as she sought to repair the nation’s finances.
Asda serving ‘vital’ £1 winter warmer meals to pensioners in initiative that will run until February
The initiative will run until February of next year
Energy suppliers to spend £500 million on winter bills support
The extra support comes as the Government seeks to reduce the impact of cutting winter fuel payments to about 10 million pensioners.
Who is eligible for the new £100 winter fuel payment and how to apply
The one-off payment was announced by the Communities Minister
Scottish Labour pledges means-tested winter payment if it wins Holyrood election
The UK Government sparked anger over the change, which it announced just weeks after taking office in the summer.