The Chancellor announced that winter fuel payments will now be means-tested, limiting eligibility to those on pension credit and certain benefits, impacting 1.3 million households.
Winter fuel payments are intended to help vulnerable pensioners heat their homes, with payments ranging from 100 to 300, plus additional cost-of-living assistance.
With an increase of 214,000 recipients last winter, the total number of claimants for winter fuel payments reached an unprecedented 11.6 million this year.
Last winter, the government saw a rise in fuel payments, with 8.5 million households benefited, indicating ongoing financial strain among elderly households.
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