The Work and Pensions Select Committee has launched a new inquiry into the UK Government’s cost of living support packages for 2022/23 and 2023/24. The cross-party Committee of MPs, chaired by Sir Stephen Timms MP, is encouraging people in receipt of cost of living support payments and those who think they should have got them to submit their views by Friday, May 12.
In response to the cost of living crisis, the UK Government announced a series of measures over 2022/223 to provide emergency financial support, including the £400 Energy Bill Support Scheme and a £150 Council Tax rebate for bands A to D. There were additional cost of living support payments for pensioners, and those already in receipt of disability or means-tested benefits.
Cost of living payments worth £900, £150 and £300 are scheduled to be made until Spring 2024, with more than eight million eligible households on means-tested benefits including Universal Credit, Pension Credit and Tax Credits expected to have received the first payment of £301 by May 17. The Committee will also look at these additional payments as part of its inquiry.
