Cold Weather Payment

flashy · 07-01-2009, 17:28

has anyone on here got theirs yet? a friend of mine rang me up earlier to say that she had an unexpected £25 in her bank and that it was the cold weather payment

i personally wont get one, you only get them if your child is under 5, if your a pensioner or if you are on disability benefits

what makes me laugh though is....when a child gets to 6 do they stop being cold when the weather is freezing? how can the government justify the age a child is when it stops getting cold?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTax...nt/DG_10018668

emamum · 07-01-2009, 17:31

wow, thats good, was £8 last time i had one lol

flashy · 07-01-2009, 17:32

i wouldnt know, i've never had one at all

MargaretR · 07-01-2009, 17:40

I wont get one - only pensioners on Pension Credit get it

flashy · 07-01-2009, 17:43

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I wont get one - only pensioners on Pension Credit get it

my dad wont get it either, he has his private pension

MargaretR · 07-01-2009, 17:46

That extra xmas bonus (£60) announced - I will get - but not in January as was originally said - anytime before March end - maybe in time for Easter

pipinfort · 07-01-2009, 17:55

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I wont get one - only pensioners on Pension Credit get it

Thats what my parents were told when they enquired.................

panther · 07-01-2009, 18:42

And me and my family wont get a penny,...why?, cuz we are not on benefit!
We dont get no help with naff all.

Less · 07-01-2009, 19:00

Just checked my account and surprise, surprise, I have that payment, I didn't expect it and to be honest although welcome, is it fair?

I am paid/granted/scrounge,* just about enough to live on, Yesterday my money went in the bank and the first thing I did was as I have done from the beginning of this cold spell was spend accordingly, i.e. it's a bit nippy more spent on heating and less on the few luxuries of life it used to be known as budgeting, or making ends meet.

If I overspend on the 'generous' allowance paid to me, should the rest of society have to pay to carry me through the cold weather they are also suffering and get no help with?

*Please tick as you see appropriate.

flashy · 07-01-2009, 19:15

this week alone i have put £20 on my gas card, that won't last me till next Tuesday either, i have put an extra duvet on both mine and Reece's beds so i dont need to put the heating on

AccyLass · 07-01-2009, 19:20

Another thing that annoys me about this cold weather payment, I heard on the tele this morning

If the weather goes below 0 for 6 days on a run, then brightens up ever so slightly and reaches 1 the day after, then the payment doesn't go out, but the weather for the next 6 days goes below 0 again

Not very well thought out I don't think

pipinfort · 07-01-2009, 19:39

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Originally Posted by panther

And me and my family wont get a penny,...why?, cuz we are not on benefit!
We dont get no help with naff all.

We`re in that club too......................

shillelagh · 07-01-2009, 22:08

Im on benefits and dont get that help either ....

Lilly · 07-01-2009, 22:13

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Originally Posted by flashy;666879

what makes me laugh though is....when a child gets to 6 do they stop being cold when the weather is freezing? how can the government justify the age a child is when it stops getting cold?

[url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Inretirement/DG_10018668

Cold Weather Payment : Directgov - Money, tax and benefits[/url]

Everyone feels the cold, regardless of age but I'm guessing that this payment goes to people who are most likely to suffer serious health issues i.e the very old and the very young. Everyone gets cold but some are more likely to become ill, or possibly even die, than others.

I don't qualify for the payment myself.

kathleen_firth · 08-01-2009, 00:23

i recieved the payment this morning..... was very shocked to recieve it as ive never heard of it !!!!!