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  "path": "/2026/03/02/news/fuel-allowance-expansion-new-group-welfare",
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  "textContent": "An expansion to the Fuel Allowance payment scheme has now come into effect after being announced in Budget 2026. The scheme is a payment to help with the cost of heating homes during the winter months, paid to only one person in a household. The Budget introduced significant changes to the Fuel Allowance, with the […]",
  "title": "Fuel Allowance expansion comes into effect with new group eligible for payment"
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