low income families

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

Millions...

Over seven million payments of £324 have already been made to low-income families through the government’s cost of living support.

This means £2.3 billion has been paid out to over 99% of those eligible via DWP across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of the rollout last Tuesday.

A further one million families eligible solely through tax credits will...