Wales £100 energy payment extended to all Council Tax Reduction households in any band
The Welsh Government's £130m package also includes a £250 payment for low-income homes on heating oil or LPG and £8m for councils to help families in hardship.
Households in Wales that get help with their council tax through the Council Tax Reduction Scheme will receive the £100 energy payment whatever band their home is in, the Welsh Government announced on Monday.
The payment otherwise goes to homes in council tax bands A to D. The change is part of a £130m cost of living package set out by Sioned Williams, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equalities.
What else is in the package
Hardship fund: £8m goes to councils so they can pay the £100 to households facing financial hardship that other schemes miss. The Welsh Government said full guidance for councils would follow soon.
Heating oil and LPG: £5m will fund a £250 payment for households that are eligible for Council Tax Reduction on income grounds and depend on heating oil or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Buses: £7m will help bus operators with high fuel costs, paid through an existing bus grant scheme. The government said this was meant to protect local bus services, community transport and learner transport, and to stop fares rising.
The Welsh Government is also expanding its Claim What's Yours campaign, which points people to benefits and support they may be entitled to.
In England, the £100 Household Energy Payment for bands A to D will be paid from January 2027, as Daily Distribute reported after the Budget. The Welsh announcement did not give a date for payments in Wales.
Ms Williams said the Welsh Government would keep pressing the UK government to remove the benefit cap, raise Local Housing Allowance and bring in social tariffs.
