cost of living payment

From today low-income households will start to receive the third Cost of Living Payment worth £299.

• Payments are part of the £104 billion Cost of Living support which includes uprating benefits by 6.7% and pensions by 8.5%
• Comes as more people are set to secure long-term financial security through work thanks to the next generation of welfare reforms

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Millions of UK households will receive £301 directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between 25 April and 17 May.

This is the first of three payments totalling up to £900 for those eligible and on means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit or Pension Credit, in 2023/24. This follows the £650 Cost of Living Payment made to over eight million people in 2022.

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Over 8 million families in the UK will continue to receive direct financial support from Government, with the first of five Cost of Living Payments – worth £301 – hitting bank accounts this spring.

• Over 8 million families in the UK on means-tested benefits will automatically receive £301 this Spring, and over 6.5 million people on disability benefits in the country will receive a £150
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Millions of the lowest-income households across the UK will get up to £1,350 from the Government in 2023/4 to help with the cost of living.

• Millions will receive new cost of living support from Spring 2023, following up to £1,200 in support for over eight million low-income households in 2022
• £900 Cost of Living Payment for means-tested benefit claimants will go direct to
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Over 8 million households are set to receive an additional £324 as part of the government’s Cost of Living support package.

• The £324 Cost of Living Payment, which follows on from a £326 payment made from July, is part of £1,200 support package for millions this year
• The £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment was provided in September, with a £300 additional pensioner payment
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Almost one in four families across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will get £326 sent directly to them from today, with the second instalment of £324 sent later this year as part of the government’s £37 billion support package.

• £326 – the first of two cost of living payments – will automatically hit seven million bank accounts between today and 31 July 2022 as
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Over 8 million households in the UK will get a cash payment from July 2022 to ease cost of living pressures.

• Over 8 million households will receive the first of two cost of living instalments totalling £650 from 14 July 2022, part of the £1,200 support package this year
• Initial automatic instalment for means-tested benefit claimants will be £326, with the rest to follow in a
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Millions of households across the UK will benefit from a new £15 billion package of targeted government support to help with the rising cost of living, the Chancellor announced today (26 May).

• Almost all of the eight million most vulnerable households across the UK will receive support of at least £1,200 this year, including a new one-off £650 cost of living payment
• Universal
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