State pensioners born before 1953 can get up to £550 from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in December.

Extra financial support is available to eligible pensioners during the winter months in the form of a £300 Winter Fuel Payment, a Warm Homes Discount worth £150 and Cold Weather Payments worth £25 per week.

If Cold Weather Payments were issued every week in December, amounting to £100 in total, households could get a maximum of £550 worth of payments from the DWP this month,…