More than eight million households across the UK will receive a cash payment from July to ease the rising cost of living pressures, as the Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey sets out detailed plans today.
The first instalment of the £650 for qualifying low income households in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, will land in bank accounts from July 14, continuing to the end of the month.
The move will see households initially £326 better off as the UK Government delivers significant interventions to support groups who are most vulnerable to rising inflation and soaring energy bills - in total, millions of households will receive at least £1,200 this year to help with the cost of living.
