State pensioners who've lost Winter Fuel Payment handed free £460 to keep heating on

Pensioners no longer eligible for Winter Fuel Payments may be due up to £460 energy bill help. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) state pension claimants are due four payments worth £460 to help keep the heating on.

The Winter Heating Payment (£58.75) is the first of the payments, issued by the Scottish Government to those on means-tested benefits. Child Winter Heating Payment (£251.50) is also issued by the Scottish Government to households of young people under 19 on disability benefits

The Warm Home Discount (£150) is paid directly from DWP to energy providers and usually added as credit to customer’s electricity account, for those on means-tested benefits. And there's the DWP Christmas Bonus (£10) - issued by DWP to people on State Pension or certain benefits.

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On its website, charity Age UK is campaigning against the cutting of the Winter Fuel Payment, which has seen DWP pensioners lose their £300 Allowance. "The Government has announced that the Winter Fuel Payment will become means-tested in England and Wales. As many as 2 million pensioners who badly need the money to stay warm this winter will not receive it. Sign our petition to save the Winter Fuel Payment for the poorest pensioners," it states.

Anmouncing a petition, the charity explained: "2.5 million pensioners who badly need the money to stay warm this winter will not receive it and will be in serious trouble as a result. We're particularly worried about those on low incomes who just miss out on Pension Credit, those who have unavoidably high energy needs because of disability or illness, and the 1 million people who don't receive Pension Credit even though they're eligible for it.

"We’re disappointed that the Government won the vote to continue these plans, but we won’t stop campaigning for every older person who needs support this winter."