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Five groups of state pensioners won't get the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) Winter Fuel Payment - despite being in the CORRECT age bracket.

Even if these five groups are over 66, they won't receive the payouts from the DWP, which are coming following an expansion of the scheme from the Labour Party government.

You are not eligible for winter fuel payments if you earn more than £35,000 a year, were in hospital receiving free treatment for the entire week of 15 to 21 September 2025 (and the year before that) or were in prison for the whole of the week of 15 to 21 September 2025.

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Two other groups ineligible for the payments from the DWP are those who live in a care home and rece

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