British Gas is offering up to £2,000 in free cash payments to state pensioners who have lost their Winter Fuel Payment and anyone else who is struggling to make ends meet due to high energy bills this winter.

British Gas has brought back its British Gas Energy Trust’s Individual and Families Fund, which is accepting new applications from those struggling with energy debts from Monday, November 4.

Though it’s a British Gas scheme, the fund is also being offered to customers of other energy…