December’s cold snap cost the taxpayer over £100 million in cold weather payments to help hard-pressed Brits keep warm in the run up to Christmas during a cost-of-living crisis.
Figures out today from the Department for Work and Pensions show that around 80% of the winter’s total payments of £130 million came during the festive season freeze, meaning a payout of around £104 million in the last month of 2022.
