{"id":43244,"date":"2025-10-31T12:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=43244"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:17:29","slug":"dwp-outlines-eligible-groups-for-winter-fuel-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2025\/10\/31\/dwp-outlines-eligible-groups-for-winter-fuel-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"DWP outlines eligible groups for Winter Fuel Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43248\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:700px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-602x400.jpg 602w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-632x420.jpg 632w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiator-250558_1280-681x452.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picture: CC0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department for Work and Pensions has outlined 5 groups that will now miss out on Winter Fuel Payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Winter Fuel Payments, reinstated this winter by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, are set to provide up to \u00a3300 of much-needed assistance to older people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the DWP has now declared that, due to a list of different reasons, people may not be eligible for the payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To qualify, you must have been born before 22 September 1959, and those who are eligible will be paid into their accounts as soon as tomorrow (November 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/winter-fuel-payment\/eligibility\">government website<\/a>, the groups who are now not eligible are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People living outside of England and Wales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who were receiving free care in hospital for the whole week of September 15 to 21 2025, and the year before that<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who require permission to enter the UK, and who are granted leave, say that you cannot claim public funds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who were in prison for the whole week of September 15 to 21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government is also warning pensioners to be mindful of potential scam texts concerning the payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you get a text about the &quot;Winter Fuel Payment&quot; or the &quot;Winter Fuel Allowance&quot;, it is a scam<br> <br>Winter Fuel Payments are automatic, you do not need to do anything<br><br>Report suspicious texts at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fUeNGxwbqP\">https:\/\/t.co\/fUeNGxwbqP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAYqBeOxN4\">pic.twitter.com\/cAYqBeOxN4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Department for Work and Pensions (@DWPgovuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DWPgovuk\/status\/1978416864838418810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Work and Pensions has outlined 5 groups that will now miss out on Winter Fuel Payments. The Winter Fuel Payments, reinstated this winter by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, are set to provide up to \u00a3300 of much-needed assistance to older people. However, the DWP has now declared that, due to a list of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":43248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1620],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43244"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43268,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43244\/revisions\/43268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}