Winter Fuel Allowance

my letter arrived friday my bank showed it should be in my account this morning....havent checked yet ...important things to check first..like gransnet

My letter Saturday. DH still waiting. Nothing in the bank yet. Both had been paid this time last year.

Just checked my bank account and it has arrived today - but no letter so far. This always seems to be the case. DH got his £100 last week and the letter three days later.

I had the letter yesterday, and have just checked my bank account - it's been paid in!

Mine arrived this morning

Got my notification this morning, so it looks like the the letters are on the way.

Haven't got mine yet either

Got my letter saying it will be in bank account within two weeks last Friday.

I haven't had the normal letter about the winter fuel allowance yet, think I'll give EDF a buzz today

Sure does, I'll just have to put up with being a kept woman
Nothing funny about it if your on your own though.

sorry ninathenana it stinks doesn't it!

Pension due 6th May '19 when I will be 65 so no bus pass until then.

I'm off to Google as last year when I turned 60 it said I wasn't eligible until I'm 65/66 as that is when I get my pension.

Hi Biker,

That's so wrong - it's a sneaky way of the Government saving money in my opinion.

Bus Fares here are really expensive. I can't believe how much the driver asks people for when they pay their fares.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they eventually get rid of the bus pass and the winter fuel allowance and we'll all have to find work even if we're 70+

The annoying thing is that a recent Age UK report showed that research has found that every £1 spent on the bus pass generates £1.33 for the local economy. I have friends who say they go out a lot more because they have a pass, obviously spending money while they're out, as well as getting social benefits. It's a gift that keeps on giving!

Hi Falcon...yes that's right for me and many others, we will not get our winter fuel allowance or our bus pass until we reach pension age 66/7 for me, which by that time I'm sure they will have withdrawn both, thank goodness that I am fit enough to walk, so I must count my blessing, as some are less mobile and are forced to take the bus and yes people say "well why don't you by a weekly bus pass" these are £10-50 a lot to pull out for many.Did have my motorcycle but that's gone now,although I do keep wondering about a scooter once I am in work.

Sorry, Maggie, I was quoting from the Gov.Uk website and didn't check on the Scotland and NI position.

In Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as in Wales, you can still get the bus pass at 60 too, Ana, and some areas of England as well as London have arrangements for free travel within the area.

So it's just the rest of us in England that have to pay. My 65 year old DH has had his bus pass for the past 5 years (and gets half price local train travel too on the back of it), and I won't get mine till I'm 66. But am I bitter? Too right I am!

The rules for the free bus pass in England changed soon after I applied for mine. It used to be 60 for all but is now "when you reach State Pension age" which varies depending on when you were born. There is a popular misconception, probably not helped by a number of older celebrities mentioning having a bus pass, that this is issued automatically to all along with the fuel allowances. In fact it has to be applied for and I for one did not apply until I had need of using it on a regular basis being unable to drive for a while. Ironically they are niw threatening to withdraw our one bus a day service altogether so I may have a pass but no means of using one.

I still have not had notification of this year's fuel allowance which generally arrives in time for the winter top-up of the oil tank for heating. Having to use oil for heating can be a nightmare to budget with the sharply fuctuating prices but living in the country there is no gas supply as an option.

Sometimes I've received a letter telling me to expect payment within 3 weeks and it's already in my account.

In England you can get a bus pass for free travel when you reach the female State Pension age, whether you’re a man or a woman.

If you live in London, you can travel free on buses, tubes and other transport when you’re 60, but only within London.

In Wales you can get a bus pass when you reach 60.

You sure about bus pass bikergran? My friend doesn't get her pension until 66 but got her bus pass when she turned 60 last year.

I received mine last week.

Hi Biker,

Are you saying you won't get the winter fuel allowance or a bus pass until you're 66. I think that's really mean on the part of the government.

I was lucky being born not long after the war so I got both at 6O and I think everyone should.

Got mine but DH hasnt