Cold Weather Payment in Scotland is changing. Winter Heating Payment will replace @DWPgovuk Cold Weather Payment.
Around 400,000 eligible people will get a reliable annual £50 payment.
Read more: https://mygov.scot/winter-heating-payment
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By February the cost of energy will have doubled, effectively halving the value of the payment. Many recent winters have triggered multiple cold weather payments here and the small amount of extra cash was most welcome by the more vulnerable who will now lose out, and likely add to their suffering.