Two cost of living payments are due to sent out between now and Christmas to those on certain benefits. The payments will be made to millions of households worse affected by the current financial crisis in a bid to help them pay soaring energy bills, food and petrol prices.
The payments are means-tested, and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates 7.2 million people have already received their first instalment of the £650. The second payment for £324 is due to land in accounts this autumn - no dates have been announced yet, the Daily Record reports.
People claiming Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)and no other means-tested benefit from DWP, will receive their payment of £326 between Friday, September 2 and Wednesday, September 7, with the second round of support due to be made in the winter. Other payments landing in accounts this month and over winter include £150 for people on disability benefits, £300 added to Winter Fuel Payments for pensioner households and the £400 energy bill rebate.
