The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that not all benefit claimants will received the upcoming £301 cost of living payment. More than eight million families will receive the first part of the 2023/24 £900 means-tested cost of living payment soon.
However the DWP has confirmed the reason why people on Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will not be eligible for any of the means-tested payments, reports DevonLive. Over the next financial year, the UK Government will pay out £1,350 in cost of living support to people on a low-income, claiming disability benefits and pensioner households.
Claimants on qualifying benefits, including Universal Credit, Pension Credit and Tax Credits, will see the first payment for £301 land in their bank accounts automatically this spring - there's no need to apply. However, Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression, Mims Davies MP, has clarified that the payment is being targeted at low-income households in receipt of a “means-tested income replacement benefit".
