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Don‘t apologise, but Age Concern & the Money Saving Expert have all had warnings out.

Most of us know and have been warned. The scam has been running for twelve months or so.

Britain’s state pension is way down amongst European countries. As I pointed out previously, it is less than the living wage.

No, it isn’t. The Money Saving Expert explains it all here. If there are two pensioners, under 80, they get £100 each. If one is earning over £35K a year, their 100 is recovered via income tax. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/06/winter-fuel-payment-criteria-confirmed/

As I understand it, the 68 year old gets £200. The working 60 yr old gets nothing as the WFA is paid to the household. When the 60 year old retires, and income drops, they get £100 each.

Very few pensioners have a house worth half a million quid. I live in Newhaven, and my house is worth half of that. Those that live north of the Home Counties certainly don’t have one even that high. Anyone who divorced, or women who looked after children in the 60s and 70s won’t even have...

Which is what I said. One person will get the full payment, two people will get half each but still the same total.

The WFA has always been per household no matter if there is a limit or not. Before all this hooha, the first pensioner in a household got the WFA eg £200*. When the spouse reached pensionable age, they then received £100 each, and if one died, the remaining spouse, received £200. *figures used...

The payment is per household not per person.