The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected a proposal from Labour to make the £324 means-tested cost of living payment available to households that are receiving State Pension, but are not eligible for Pension Credit.
Pension Credit is one of the means-tested benefits which qualifies for the second part of the £650 cost of living payment from the DWP. The money is due to land in more than eight million bank accounts between November 8 and 23, but only to households that meet the qualifying criteria.
In a written response to Emma Hardy MP this week, DWP Minister Laura Trott, explained how the cost of living payment is “deliberately targeted at low-income households in receipt of a qualifying means-tested benefit” and clarified how this is for people above State Pension age who are in receipt of Pension Credit.
