The Department for Work and Pensions has temporarily suspended cost of living payments.
The DWP said that it had paid out the £301 to 4.8m households in total this month. The DWP paid out 1.6 million sums of £301 each day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. Eight million low-income families are due the money overall.
But on Thursday evening the department told claimants that there would be no payments made on Friday - reports Birmingham Live.