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Families struggling with energy bills are being urged to speak to their council for Household Support Fund help.

• Updated: 26 January 2024

Eligible low income households urged to make sure they get £150 in Warm Home Discount before 29 February.

• Updated: 17 January 2024

Payments of up to £600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of over 600,000 pensioners in Wales for the second year running.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

11.6 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments have been made to pensioners across the UK so far this winter.

• Updated: 20 December 2022

The government has confirmed payments of benefits due to land in accounts on Monday 19 September will be made early.

• Updated: 16 September 2022

The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) wrote to Prime Ministerial candidates regarding the action that needs to be taken to address fuel poverty, in the short and long term.

• Updated: 2 September 2022

Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) letter to BEIS regarding the current energy price crisis ahead of Ofgem’s price cap announcement expected on 26 August 2022.

• Updated: 24 August 2022

Letter from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to Ofgem about energy suppliers' response to changes to ongoing energy consumption payments from benefits

• Updated: 20 May 2022

We have launched a consultation on a proposed expansion of the Warm Home Discount scheme for support in Scotland, expanding the scheme to cover an additional 50,000 Scottish households per year.

• Updated: 9 May 2022

Vulnerable households across the country will be able to access a new £500m support fund to help them with essentials over the coming months as the country continues its recovery from the pandemic.

• Updated: 30 September 2021

Thousands of vulnerable people, including care leavers, will get more cash to pay their rent, thanks to changes to housing benefits.

• Updated: 3 June 2021

Correspondence between SSAC and the minister for Welfare Delivery about The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for State Pension Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

• Updated: 5 March 2021

Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their Housing Benefit payments rise from April.

• Updated: 14 January 2020

Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in supported housing, the government has announced.

• Updated: 9 August 2018