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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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David Bentley & Jon Macpherson & Michael Broomhead

DWP's 6 cash boosts for carers as benefits rise and cost of living payments start

UK carers are in line for some extra cash in the new financial year. It is as benefits increase and new cost of living payments start.

Millions of Brits are often unable to manage a paid job on top of their caring responsibilities and many can go unrecognised and unrewarded. However, there is financial support available from this month with six income boosts from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), reports LancsLive.

Benefit payments are going up by 10.1% and is based on the inflation rate for September 2022. It comes as the £67 monthly energy rebate comes to an end despite household bills persisting at a worryingly high amount.

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