Warm Home Discount and Teachers' Pension

Money Box

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4.2 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Six million people will have £150 knocked off one winter electricity bill this winter. The Government has announced an expansion of the Warm Home Discount scheme which will almost double the number getting it. Who is eligible and how will people get the payment?

Money Box has been receiving a steady stream of emails from members of the Teachers' Pension Scheme complaining about how their pensions are being managed. With more than 2 million members and liabilities of £278 billion the TPS is one of the largest in the UK. So what is going on? Dan Whitworth investigates.

Child maintenance is a regular financial payment made by a parent who doesn't live with their child to help support the child's living costs. This week the government has announced plans for some significant changes to the way those payments are collected and transferred. We'll explain what's changing.

Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Dan Whitworth Researchers: Eimear Devlin and Jo Krasner Studio Producer: Sarah Rogers Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 28th June 2025)

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0:39.8	Thousands of teachers' pensions are not keeping to the timetable.
0:43.7	Some teachers are asking the courts for compensation.
0:47.2	And the way maintenance for children is paid when parents don't live together
0:50.5	is going to be changed, though not for at least two years.
0:54.5	But first, six million people will have £150 knocked off one electricity bill this winter.
1:01.9	The government has announced an expansion of the warm home discount scheme,
1:06.1	which will almost double the number getting it.
1:08.5	The scheme is run by the energy suppliers in England and Wales
1:11.4	and in Scotland, but the rules are set by the government. The new rules say every bill payer
1:17.0	who also gets a means-tested benefit, such as universal credit or pension credit, will qualify
1:23.4	for the discount. In the past, only some people on pension credit got it, and younger households
1:28.9	also had to be in a heart hard-to-heat home. Lots of listeners have been asking questions about this
1:34.8	year's expanded scheme. Hi, Moneybox. My name is Debbie. I'd like to know what is in place
1:43.2	for those who have prepayment meters.
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