The Scottish Pension Age Winter Heating Payment amount

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Scot_39 said:

My guess was cpi indexing.

The 21% kicks in iirc at c26.5, but then theirs thd 2.xk at 19% starter rste - so only pay more above c£29k in reality.

1% of 6k is £60  £1.70, £3.40 isn't the extra tax burden.

And the old wfp wasn't taxable in any case iirc, but now is at 100% clawback above 35k.

But with free prescriptions- nearly £10 in England, free bus passes at 60, free univ for kids, baby baskets, free bikes, higher snhs than nhs wages  etc etc something or rather someone has to give somewhere.

Although with the higher rate threshold being held at £43.6k for four consecutive years now in a period of fairly high inflation they must be reaping the benefits of that.  And also the increase from 41% to 42%.  And the new Advanced rate.