Bus pass etc

SailorSam

Merseytravel issue passes at 60, includes buses; trains; and ferries.

dunroving

AFAIK, in England, the bus pass age is regional - 60 some places, higher in others.

System

luvchocolate wrote: »

winter fuel allowance kicks in when we reach state retirement age.

Winter fuel allowance is payable to anyone born before 5 July 1952.
It's got nothing to do with state retirement age.

p00hsticks

Clifford_Pope wrote: »

Winter fuel allowance is payable to anyone born before 5 July 1952.
It's got nothing to do with state retirement age.

On the contrary, it has everything to do with state pension age ! A woman born on 5th July 1952 would have reached state pension age during September 2014, which was the qualifying period for WFA for the 2014-15 winter. The Winter Fuel Allowance doesn't discriminate of the grounds of sex, so both men and women who are over the state Pension age for women on the qualifying date get the allowance.

I don't think they've announced the qualifying date for next year - (possibly they're holding off to see if anything changes following the general election ? ) but if it follows the existing rules I'd expect people born on or before 5th January 1953 to qualify, as this is the latest date a woman could be born and qualify for a state pension in September 2015

System

p00hsticks wrote: »

On the contrary, it has everything to do with state pension age !

From the Gov website:

"You could get between £100 and £300 tax-free to help pay your heating bills if you were born on or before 5 July 1952. This is known as a ‘Winter Fuel Payment’."

I got mine aged 62, three years before I reached state pension age.

luvchocolate

you got yours because a woman of the same age would have received her state pension at your age.......