DWP SHARES NEW UPDATE ON 2025 COST OF LIVING PERYENTS FOR STRUGGLING HOUSEHOLDS

The Pensions and Benefits Department Shared the Update on Its Gov.uk Page, which Detail the Cost of Living Payments Were Paid to Low-Incoms BetWene 2022 and 2024

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been ised an Official update on whereher stiher cost of living payments would be introded under labour.

The pensions and benews Department Shared the Update on Its Gov.uk Page, Which Detail the Cost of Living Payments Were Paid to Low-InCome Households BetWeen 2022 and 2024. Were Struggling As Energy Bills and Inflation Skyrocketed to Record-Breaking Levels. Over the two years, Low-Incom Households Received Payments Worth £ 326, £ 324, £ 301, £ 300 and £ 299.

Disabled Households Received Two Payments Worth £ 150, and Pensioner Households Were Entitled to Payments of Either £ 150 O £ 300. These Cost of Living Payments Were Added to the Winter Payments of 2022-23 and 2023-24 GIVING OLDER HOUSEHOLDS Up to an Extra £ 600 to Help Cover Costs Over the Winter.

That’s though no More Official Payments have been confirmed they have stopped Last year, rumours have continued to circulate online.

Howver, the dwp has now confirmed offellly that there will be no more cost of living payments going forward. In its update on May 6, The Department Said: “DWP is not planning to make any more cost of Living Payments.”

Households Who Are World About the Cost of Living Should Take a Look at the Goventment-ended Household Support End Scheme.

First Launched in 2021 and Run by the DWP, the Household Support End Scheme Giives Local Council pots of Cash to Struggling Households in their area. EACH AUTHORY DECIDES HOW IT TO SPEND The Money, and Help Can Range Free Cash Payments to Supermarket Vouchers.

The scheme was meant to end in march this year, Howver, it was extended by the labour government for an extra year with another £ 742million Worth of the funding. It will now be in place place UNIL MARCH 2026.

You can Only CLAIM SUPPORT FROM YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL, WHICH MEANS IT CAN BE A POSTCODE LOTTERY FOR THE HELP YOU CAN GET. Local Councils have now shared what help they will be offering over the coming months for this year’s Household Support end. Each Council Details This on Its Website Alongside Its Eligibility Criteria. Usually, they have a separate cost of living tab that details the help on offfer.

EACH COUNCIL WILL ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE SCHEME. Some Ask you to Apply Online, while Others ASH to Apply Over the Phone. Some Councils are Also Reaching Out to Those Eligible Directly.