Neil Gray MSP is urging all of his constituents to complete the Scottish Government’s consultation on the new Low-Income Winter Heating Assistance payment which can guarantee low income households £50 towards fuel bills.The Low-Income Winter Heating Assistance will be introduced from winter 2022 to replace the current UK Government Cold Weather Payment scheme.
It will provide around 400,000 low income households the reassurance of a guaranteed £50 payment every winter.The current UK Government benefit triggers a £25 payment only when temperatures are recorded or forecast at below zero degrees Celsius for seven days in a row.
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