The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has clarified the key dates you need to have been entitled to benefits to ensure you get the first £301 cost of living payment.
And a Government minister has confirmed that you only need to have been paid 1p between January 26 and February 25 this year to be entitled to the first part of the £900 payout, with the second instalments due later this year and early next.
The DWP today announced that the first of three cost of living payments will start to be paid from April 25 for those on means-tested benefits such as Universal Credit, with the other two due this Autumn and next Spring, totalling £900.
