More than a million households and individuals in the East Midlands are today (April 25) beginning to get their first £301 cost of living payment, the government has revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed the first people will be receiving the money in their bank accounts from today.
There will be two subsequent payments of the cost of living support package, making a total of £900 to assist the poorest people in the country with the inflation crisis. The DWP has revealed that in the East Midlands a total of 545,000 households will be receiving the first payment, with 484,000 individuals additionally getting it.
Those eligible will be paid between Tuesday 25 April and Wednesday 17 May. People will be eligible for the Cost of Living Payment if they have been entitled to a payment for one of seven benefits between 26 January and 25 February 2023.
