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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will begin sending an automatic payment of up to £300 to eligible state pensioners in November.

The money is a Winter Fuel Payment that is handed out to pensioners in England and Wales who were born before September 22, 1959, to help pay for heating bills this winter, reports Express.co.uk.

Around nine million pensioners are set to receive the free support from this month and the amount households will get depends on when they were born and their circumstances during the qualifying week between September 15 and 21, 2025.

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