Warm Home Discount winter 2026/2027 £150 energy bill rebate, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): Millions of benefit claimants in the UK are being offered a one-off cost-of-living boost during November and December. The Warm Home Discount knocks £150 off electricity bills over the winter, and eligible households may receive it from their energy suppliers this week.
Around six million households are expected to receive the Warm Home Discount this winter, according to the report. Support has been extended to more people than in previous years after the scheme was widened by the Labour government.
Qualifying benefits include Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the Guarantee part of Pension Credit.
Energy suppliers decide when to apply the bonus for their customers, and for most eligible households this tends to be November or December. The discount is applied as energy credit or top-up vouchers rather than cash payments, and the government says it is not paid to the individual.
Eligible customers usually receive it automatically.
British Gas, quoted in the report, said that customers who qualify for the winter 2026/2027 payment will have the one-off £150 discount applied between November 2026 and 31 March 2027 at the latest, with most customers receiving it before January 2027.
The report also notes separate cost-of-living support announced by Labour: £100 payments to help with energy bills from January, to be handed to 20 million homes in council tax bands A to D.
