Thousands on state pension with low incomes to get £300 one-off payment to help with bills this winter

THOUSANDS of hard-up pensioners could beryllium eligible for enactment worthy £300 this wintertime to assistance with the outgo of living

Struggling households tin assertion enactment via the Household Support Fund.

The strategy was primitively rolled retired successful 2021 to assistance susceptible radical header with the rising cost of living.

It has been extended galore times, with the authorities promising to pump a further £1billion into the money implicit 2025 and 2026.

Local councils wage retired the money, and however overmuch you get depends connected your fiscal circumstances and what benefits you receive.

Now, thousands of pensioners successful Shropshire could get enactment worthy £300 this winter.

The wealth volition assistance aged households connected debased incomes who person benefits specified arsenic assembly taxation enactment oregon lodging benefits but not pension credit.

This is due to the fact that galore pensioners who are not eligible for pension recognition volition miss retired connected the £300 Winter Fuel Payment this year.

It follows a determination by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to means-test the currency boost, which was antecedently disposable to each retirees.

Qualifying households successful Shropshire tin get entree to a escaped currency assistance worthy £300 to assistance with rising bills this winter.

The assembly volition beryllium contacting eligible radical straight truthful determination is nary request to apply.

However, if you deliberation you could beryllium eligible and are astatine hazard of missing out, you tin sojourn https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/.

Gwilym Butler, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet subordinate for finance, firm resources and communities, said: "The Household Support Fund has been a captious lifeline for galore radical successful Shropshire.

"I’m impressed by however we person supported truthful galore families and I’m grateful to our teams and partners who person delivered the grants and enactment to our section communities."

What if I don't unrecorded successful Shropshire?

It is not lone households successful Shropshire which are eligible for Household Support Fund.

Some examples of what different councils are doing include Rotherham Council, which is present offering struggling families £250 grants to combat the outgo of living.

Rotherham Council says that to suffice for the grant, residents indispensable person nary much than £150 remaining each period aft covering indispensable expenses specified arsenic food, rent oregon mortgage, and inferior bills.

You bash not request to beryllium connected benefits to use for the fund.

Meanwhile, The Sun antecedently revealed a afloat database of councils providing other enactment for pensioners this wintertime done the fund.

You tin cheque that retired here.

How to cognize if you qualify?

Financial enactment disposable to struggling households varies from assembly to council, truthful it is worthy checking what schemes your section assembly offers to guarantee you get each the enactment you need. 

The benefits you already person volition not beryllium affected by applying for the HSF. 

And, you bash not needfully request to person benefits successful the archetypal place  to get vouchers oregon funds from the HSF.

To get the help, you'll request to cheque with your council - as section authorities are successful complaint of distributing the funding.