The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared an important update for people living in areas of the UK issued with a ‘Red’ weather warning for the start of this week. Temperatures of 40C have been forecast for parts of England and the Met Office has issued the first ever Red warning for exceptional heat.
The Red Extreme heat national severe weather warning will cover Monday, July 18 and Tuesday, July 19 for parts of central, northern, eastern and southeastern England. An Amber Extreme heat warning has also been issued for large parts of Scotland and west Wales.
As a result, DWP has announced that jobcentres and health assessment offices in areas issued with a Red severe weather warning will be closed, however, benefit payments will be made as normal. DWP said: “We will make every effort to contact everyone who has an appointment on one of those days to have it over the telephone or to rearrange, so they need not contact us or worry about their claim.”
