Millions more people to get £150 Warm Home Discount after rule change
Since the worker approves the expansion of an annual plan, approximately two million more people will receive automatic discounts on this winter energy bills.
In total, approximately six million people will now receive a hot home discount and receive £ 150 from direct energy bills.
Energy Safety and Net Zero Department (Desnz) said that this includes 900,000 families and 1.8 million households in fuel poverty.
The government’s hot home discount program was introduced in 2011 and for qualified buyers 150 £ deduction on domestic energy bills. One -time discount is automatically applied to an energy invoice between October and March.
In order to be appropriate for payment in the UK and Wales, the invoice must receive the guarantee loan element of the pension loan or have low income.
Before the announcement, the second category had to be a home with “high energy costs”, as evaluated by desnz. This criterion has now been removed and opened millions of more discount locks.
Since energy providers are obliged to automatically transfer the discount to their appropriate customers, the payment does not need to be applied.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: orum I know that families are still fighting with the cost of living, and I know the fear that comes with the fact that you can’t meet your next bill.
“Providing safety and peace of mind for working people for me as a prime minister deeply basic for personal and change plan. Free school meals, breakfast clubs and child care support, such as publishing the support of 150 £ energy bills will make a real difference to millions of more families.”
Positive news for households comes before the energy regulator ofgem reduces the energy price limit by 7 percent for July -September. The average annual invoice will decrease to £ 1,720 to £ 1,720.
In May, the ministers decided to partially revers the changes in winter fuel payment for retirees last year. Apart from the hot home discount, this payment is made to the appropriate retirees to help energy bills.
In previous years, it was paid to all retirees, but was limited to the poorest in 2024. Now, after the latest changes, it will be paid to all retirees under a taxable income threshold of £ 35,000.
