Energy firms should give cash to people losing winter fuel payment - Greg Jackson vowed to fill ‘grey area’ of vulnerable customers losing support, while also calling for sweeping energy market reform.

The scheme sees £150 knocked off gas and electricity bills at one time only between October and March. Pensioners who qualify get the discount automatically but in previous years other households have had to complete and application form.

Ovo Energy and Octopus have announced they will help to pay customers' energy bills with multi-million pound support schemes after the government changed the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment.

Octopus Energy has announced it is extending its £30 million Octopus Assist fund to provide grants of £50, £100 and £200 to customers who are no longer eligible for the WFP, b

The boss of Octopus Energy has said energy suppliers should “be helpful” to the Government and give extra support to elderly people losing their winter fuel payments. Greg Jackson, who founded Octopus in 2016,