Every pensioner household in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment next year, the Scottish government has announced.

Campaigners have said this threshold is too low, and will put two million vulnerable pensioners at risk of missing out.

SCOTS pensioners who have missed out on support for their heating costs could still receive help. Nearly one million OAPs ...

Pension Credit applications can be backdated by three months, meaning pensioners who apply for the benefit by December 21 will also qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. Pension Credit is designed to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour MPs said in a meeting that they were unhappy at not being told told about the decision before it ...

Scottish pensioners are facing winter right now. They must not be left to freeze just because the UK government has picked their pockets." ...

Unite, one of Labour’s major donors, has repeatedly called on the Government to abandon its decision to means test the winter ...

The union has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the government’s decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for ...

Householders in some parts of the UK are to get a one-off payment towards their energy bills. The Winter Heating Payment will ...

Less than 5 per cent of those missing out on Pension Credit - which secures access to the Winter Fuel Payment - have come ...