Citizens Advice response to Govt announcement on Winter Fuel Payment June 2025
Winter Fuel Payment
9 June 2025
Responding to the announcement Tom MacInnes, Director of Policy at Citizens Advice, said:
“It’s good news that the government is returning winter fuel payments to low-income pensioners, without needing to access Pension Credit first. This will provide straight-forward, vital support to nine million pensioners this winter.
“We've made the point repeatedly that additional support should be targeted at those who are struggling most with energy costs, like households with children - particularly single parent families - and disabled people. These groups will continue to face significant financial stress unless further action is taken.
“We hope the government will now take stock of its other proposals and rethink the huge cuts to disability benefits which will cause significant hardship for disabled people and have severe consequences for their children. We also strongly urge ministers to go further and lift more children out of poverty by scrapping the two-child limit and benefit cap.”