The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued new information on the upcoming £900 Cost of Living Payment. The first £301 instalment of the support will be made this spring and will help more than eight million households in receipt of means-tested benefits.
There will also be a £150 payment for people on disability benefits paid during the summer. And £300 will be added to the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners, the Daily Record reports.
Earlier this week, the Social Security (Additional Payments) (No.2) Bill was approved by MPs at its second reading and will now undergo further scrutiny in Parliament. The bill outlined further details of the payments, confirming that the support will have the “same set of qualifying benefits as previously”, and that, as before, some people will qualify for more than one type of payment.
