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Last day to make sure you can claim £324 cost of living payment - see if you're eligible

Today, December 18 2022, is the final day pensioners can put in a claim for Pension Credit which would then entitle them to receive the £324 Cost of Living payment

Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022

When are the state pension and benefits Christmas payment dates?

Festive season to bring slight disruption to usual schedule to accommodate bank holidays

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

What are the dates of additional benefit payments in December?

Help is out there for those on low incomes struggling with rising prices and high bills as the weather gets colder

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

Martin Lewis explains how to save money by spending just 15p at Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury's before Christmas

You could save a lot of money before Christmas

Wales Online · Dec 16, 2022

NHS, DWP, post and train strike dates from now until February

DVSA and other staff will also walk out on dates in the coming weeks

Liverpool Echo · Dec 16, 2022

Industrial action expected across the UK: strike dates from now until February

After industrial action by nurses and railway workers in recent days, here is a list of some of the strikes coming up between now and February.

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

£900 Cost of Living Payment 2023/2024, who gets it and how it may be split

Eight million households will get the £900 payment between April 2023 and March 2024, which won't be sent all at once

Chronicle Live · Dec 16, 2022

DWP shares eligibility criteria for £900 cost of living payments due next year

It is said that more than eight million households on means-tested benefits will receive the support. In a written response on December 2, DWP Minister Mims Davies MP, confirmed that legislation for the 2023/24 cost of living payments will be brought forward “in due course”.

Edinburgh Live · Dec 16, 2022

DWP issues update on £900 cost of living payment and who will qualify

More than eight million households on means-tested benefits will now receive the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) cost of living payment next year, worth £900.

Glasgow Live · Dec 16, 2022

How are PIP rates changing in 2023?

DWP’s Personal Independence Payments to rise by 10.1 per cent from next April to help recipients weather the ever-worsening cost of living crisis

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022