More than 1.2 million individuals above the State Pension age could be due a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or their local council, inviting them to claim Pension Credit. This would grant them access to this year’s Winter Fuel Payment.

The DWP‘s latest figures reveal that as of May end this year, over 1.1m elderly people were receiving Housing Benefit, including more than 116,000 residing in Scotland.

Pensions Minister Emma Reynolds recently confirmed in a written…