The funds - which are limited to one payment per household - will be paid through a new Scottish Parliament benefit, which will not be ready until late 2025. The UK government scrapped universal entitlement to winter fuel payments earlier this year,

The DWP said there had been a 145 per cent increase in the number of Pension Credit claims received in the past 16 weeks compared to the same timeframe before the Chancellor's ann

All pensioner households in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment from the winter of 2025, the Scottish Government has announced. The scheme, which aims to help pensioners with rising energy costs,