Households getting £150 this month after losing out on Winter Fuel payment

Most recently, immoderate section councils announced that they would beryllium giving currency to households nary longer eligible for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Winter Fuel Payment

Households who missed retired connected the Winter Fuel Payment this twelvemonth are acceptable to get a escaped £150 outgo this month.

The currency outgo comes from the Household Support Fund scheme which was archetypal introduced by the erstwhile Tory authorities successful 2021. It works by giving section councils pots of cash, which they past usage to supply cost of surviving support to radical surviving successful those areas. Support tin scope from outgo of surviving payments, to supermarket or vigor vouchers.

Most recently, immoderate section councils announced that they would beryllium giving currency to households nary longer eligible for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Winter Fuel Payment. One assembly doing this is Leeds City Council, which announced that it would beryllium paying eligible households £150 done its Household Support Fund strategy this month.

According to the council's website, pensioner households claiming Council Tax enactment connected January 6, 2025, are acceptable to person the payment. If eligible, households volition person the outgo automatically this period - though households volition beryllium contacted beforehand - and each payments are acceptable to beryllium paid by the extremity of January.

Struggling moving households who are claiming Council Tax Support volition besides person a outgo worthy £40. Again this is acceptable to beryllium paid to eligible household this month.

Leeds City Council besides says it has been made disposable to residents who request exigency enactment with the costs of food, energy, oregon household items. If you are struggling and unrecorded successful Leeds, you tin interaction the council's Local Welfare Support Scheme connected 0113 376 0330 to get help. However, you volition not beryllium capable to assertion immoderate assistance if you person already received enactment from this work successful the past 12 months. So, if you received assistance successful the summer, past you cannot assertion again.

Council services supporting vulnerable, low-income households person besides been fixed backing truthful that they tin connection further fiscal enactment "where appropriate." Leeds residents cannot use for this enactment straight and indispensable beryllium referred by the Leeds Money Infomation Centre.

The Household Support Fund is owed to extremity connected March 31, 2025, aft the Labour authorities extended it past twelvemonth with an other £421 cardinal successful funding. If you're not a Leeds City Council resident, it is worthy checking your section council's website to spot what assistance it could perchance connection you earlier the strategy closes.