Had a £120 suprise today...

[trt]

Its from the Government to help my electric cost for the winter.
Didn't know anything about it and most welcome.

[grasscarp]

the dates these things arrive in your account are quite random trt. You will get your tenner.

[trt]

I never had it last year grasscarp!

[grasscarp]

I didnt have it last year either. I read about it somewhere this year and then happened to notice it pop up in my account last week.

[missprim]

The tenner is added to your usual amount so what you normally get paid should be £10 more trt.
Glad you mentioned the other money was paid to you last month as I have checked my bank statement and I was paid it last month too.
Can't believe how pathetic my memory is :-)

[gingejbee]

trt; The £120 Warm home discount wasn't available last year and it's not payable to every pensioner- you have to be getting certain benefits eg guaranteed pension credit.

[daffy654]

I've often wondered why people with disabilities (not pension age) don't get these payments, some of us are just as vulnerable to the cold (if not moreso) than the elderly.

[missprim]

grasscarp but a link on and this is part of what it says;

////He also promised 800,000 pensioners would get a one-off £120 credit to their fuel bills due to a deal between the government and energy providers.

Here it is again it was £80 last year is supposed to be £120 this year, £130 next year and £140 in the fourth year, its a four year deal - unfortunately no one seems to have got it last year////

So it seems we should have got £80 last year but there's no chance of me remembering that if I can't remember what I got last month!!!

[missprim]

put not but.

[trt]

Well I didnt get £80 last year!