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

• Updated: 6 February 2024

11.9 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments – worth over £4.8 billion – have been made to pensioners across the UK over the past month

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Around 8 million eligible households across the UK are set to receive a £299 Cost of Living Payment in February, as the Government unveiled its plans to reward work, reform welfare and grow the economy.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Payments of up to £600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of around 11.5 million UK pensioners for the second year running.

• Updated: 25 November 2023

Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for a backdated government payment even if they no longer have dependent children.

• Updated: 6 November 2023

More than six million disabled people across the UK are set to receive a £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment from today.

• Updated: 19 June 2023

Minister for Pensions Laura Trott is today calling on pensioners to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit ahead of the launch of a new “Invitation to Claim” trial.

• Updated: 12 June 2023

More than six million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment from 20 June.

• Updated: 18 May 2023

From Monday next week those arriving from Sudan, including UK nationals and those with a valid UK immigration status, will be exempt from residency tests to ensure they can access benefits, social housing, and homelessness a…

• Updated: 12 May 2023

99% of households initially eligible through DWP will have been directly paid £301 by the government by end of today (3 May 2023).

• Updated: 2 May 2023

The Minister for Employment has written to SSAC responding to points raised about The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2021.

• Updated: 27 April 2023

New legislation enables vital financial support to be accessed earlier, helping provide financial peace of mind.

• Updated: 31 March 2023

11.6 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments have been made to pensioners across the UK so far this winter.

• Updated: 20 December 2022

Over 8 million households are set to receive an additional £324 as part of the government’s Cost of Living support package.

• Updated: 3 October 2022

Letters in respect of a ministerial direction concerning the treatment of Historical Institutional Abuse payments in means-tested benefits.

• Updated: 10 December 2021

Fast-tracked access to benefits will be extended to more people diagnosed with a terminal illness, increasing the support for those nearing the end of their lives.

• Updated: 8 July 2021

Correspondence between SSAC and the minister for Welfare Delivery about The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for State Pension Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

• Updated: 5 March 2021

Observations and recommendations on the department’s emergency response to COVID-19.

• Updated: 28 July 2020

The Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made an oral statement to Parliament about the DWP's response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

• Updated: 4 May 2020

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department for Work and Pensions has temporarily paused the recovery of benefit overpayments, for three months.

• Updated: 3 April 2020