It is now easier for low-income families to get Sky broadband for cheaper rates. It comes after Sky joined a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) initiative designed to make it easier for benefits claimants to get discounted broadband and mobile tariffs.
The discount could save households as much as £180 a year. Introduced last summer, the Government scheme lets internet service providers, with claimants’ permission, ask the DWP to automatically verify their customers’ benefit entitlement.
This means people do not need to actively prove they claim benefits while on a tariff designed for those on low incomes, as they did previously, often as frequently as every month. Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression Mims Davies said: "It’s positive to see a major provider, such as Sky, sign up to our scheme, making it easier for families to access cheaper broadband and mobile tariffs in difficult times, and I call on other providers to follow suit in offering this type of tariff for those in need.
