The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has clarified why people in the support group for New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will not be eligible for the £650 Cost of Living Payment.
Last week, the DWP confirmed that more than eight million low-income households across the UK will receive a cash payment of £326 from July 14 to ease the rising cost of living pressures, with a further payment of £324 due to land in bank accounts in the autumn.
However, not everyone on benefits is eligible for the extra £650 cash support, prompting Labour MP, Alex Sobel, to ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Dr Therese Coffey: “What basis her Department made the decision to exclude people in the support group for New Style Employment and Support Allowance from the £650 cost of living payment?”
