The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said that the eligibility criteria for the new £900 means-tested cost of living payment due next year will be published “in due course”. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced during his Autumn Statement a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills.
The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023-24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities. This means that over eight million households across the UK, will be supported by additional cost of living payments.
While no details of when and how the payments will be made have been released yet, DWP Minister Mims Davies offered assurance that “Eligibility criteria for the 2023/24 Cost of Living Payments will be published in due course” in response to a recent query from Alba MP Neale Hanvey.
