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Pensioners are facing waits of more than 100 days to secure their winter fuel payment as Labour reforms put a major strain on the Department for Work and Pensions .
To receive the winter fuel payment for 2024, people must successfully apply for pension credit by 21 December. This is a benefit for pensioners whose weekly income is below a certain amount.
On 29 July 2024, just over three weeks after gaining power in the 2024 general election, the new Labour government led by the new prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced plans to abolish the winter fuel payment for pensioners in England and Wales (these payments are the responsibility of the devolved governments in Northern Ireland and Scotland ...
Ministers have faced criticism for slashing access to the payment Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits Skip to main content
Centrelink logo until 2012. The Centrelink Master Program, or more commonly known as Centrelink, is a Services Australia master program [2] of the Australian Government.It delivers a range of government payments and services for retirees, the unemployed, families, carers, parents, people with disabilities, Indigenous Australians, students, apprentices and people from diverse cultural and ...
A payment issued quarterly to eligible customers receiving pension payments, to help cover the cost of telephone bills. Eligible customers must have a telephone service subscribed in their name to be eligible for Telephone Allowance. There are two rates payable: a basic rate of A$23.40 and a higher rate of A$35.20.
Thousands of pensioners are missing meals, cutting back on essentials and feeling more cold at home this winter following the government’s changes to the winter fuel payment, a damning new ...
The Cashless Welfare Card, also known as the Indue Card, Healthy Welfare Card or Cashless Debit Card, is an Australian debit card, trialled by the Australian Government from 2016 onwards, which quarantines income for people on certain income support payments [1] to "encourage socially responsible behaviour" [2] by not allowing the owner to purchase alcohol, gamble or withdraw cash.