Department for Work and Pensions

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are to be affected by new rules that have been introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this week.

Universal Credit rule change launches this week - are you affected?

Around six million people are set to receive a £150 cost of living payment- here’s what you need to know and how to check if you’re eligible for the cash boost.

Millions to receive £150 cost of living payment soon - am I eligible?

Parents claiming Universal Credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June.

Parents claiming Universal Credit to receive £100s more in shake-up

More than six million households will be eligible for the £150 disability cost of living payment, with the money set to start hitting bank accounts from next month.

Exact date six million people will get £150 cost of living payment

Thousands of households are being urged to check if they are missing out on Pension Credit, which automatically triggers eligiblity for the cost of living payment and could make you up to £3,500 better off per year.

Days left for thousands of households to apply for cost of living cash

Lancaster Town Hall.

Household support funding available for residents in need

A Universal Credit sign in the window of the Job Centre in Westminster.

Thousands could miss out on £301 cost of living payment - here’s why

The first instalment of the £900 cost of living payments is set to land in bank accounts today. The £301 cash boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC will be paid to those who are eligible over the next few weeks from Tuesday, April 25.

Cost of living payment to land in bank accounts from today

Around eight million people across the UK will be getting the £900 cost of living payment over the next year, but only certain benefits qualify for the cash boost.

Benefits that don’t qualify for the £301 cost of living payment

Thousands of children in Lancaster are living in poverty. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Shocking 1 in 5 children living in poverty

What you need to do as deadline to boost state pension extended

PIP designed to improve the quality of life of those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions and could be an additional boost for many especially during the cost of living crisis.

The 21 health conditions that could entitle you to £156 a week

The cash boost will start arriving in bank accounts in the Spring.

DWP confirm new cost of living payments for 2023

Top Gear presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was taken to hospital after being involved in an accident while filming for the show (Credit: Getty Images)

Freddie Flintoff’s Top Gear crash ‘being looked into’ by Health and Safety board

People on benefits will get a one off Christmas bonus payment. (Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP Christmas bonus - benefit recipients to receive cash boost

Lancaster City Council has launched the third round of its Household Support Fund to help residents who are experiencing financial hardship.

How to apply for new Household Support Fund cash

The second cost of living payment is due to land in account from November 8.

DWP confirm when second instalment of £324 will be paid this autumn

How Universal Credit is affected by August bank holiday - and when you will be p...

Eight million homes across the country are set to benefit this week as part of the Government's package to help people cope with soaring energy prices.

Exact date in July people will get the first part of £650 cost of living payment

Martin Lewis pensioners that are due a payment could receive as much as £3,300 per year (Photo: ITV)

Warning 850,000 households missing out on up £3,300 per year

New Winter Fuel Payment rates for 2022 as millions to get cash boost

The Growing Club is launching an Auction of Promises to create a fund to help women launch their own businesses

Auction of promises aims to help women achieve their business dream

Demand for emergency parcels is above pre-pandemic levels.

Lancaster and Morecambe foodbank use is above pre-Covid figures as cost of livin...

Gas prices have been driven up because Russia is a key producer of the fossil fuel (image: Adobe)

Households that claim benefits to have automatic energy bill hikes frozen

Pensioners will see the triple lock return from April 2023 (image: Adobe)

Pensioners could get £770 boost in 2023 as triple lock policy returns

Cold Weather Payment to close in days - check if you can claim £25 energy rebate

An advance is available to help people pay their rent during the six-week wait for a first universal credit payment

Universal credit: the claimants who use an advance 'for the wrong things'

Young people have preferred to engage with employment support at Lancashire's new youth hubs rather than traditional job centres

Young adults find Lancashire's new youth employment hubs 'less intimidating' tha...

Boris Johnson pictured hosting Christmas quiz during Covid restrictions last yea...

Lancaster Jobcentre Plus has expanded to give jobseekers more access to support.

Lancaster Jobcentre Plus expands to give jobseekers more access to support

Lancaster Jobcentre Plus has temporarily expanded its site.

Lancaster Jobcentre Plus expands

Around 500,000 workers who claim Universal Credit are estimated to be in line to benefit before Christmas (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what you need to know about today's Universal Credit changes

People wait to be evacuated from Afghanistan at the airport in Kabul. Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images

Here's how you can help as Afghan refugee families begin to arrive in Lancaster

Campaigners including Chrissie Fuller, second left, with Chorley MP Sir Lindsay Hoyle in 2019

Lancashire WASPI campaigners hope for compensation after Ombudsman's ruling

Lancaster City Council has agreed to join the government scheme.

Afghan families who helped UK armed forces to be offered homes in Lancaster

Briony Fawcett, managing director at PHX Training

Morecambe training provider secures contract to upskill hundreds of staff for lo...

Payments from the DWP have been brought forward due to the bank holiday (Getty Images)

This is when benefit payments will be made over the May bank holiday

People applying for Universal Credit usually have to present supporting evidence at a Job Centre - but things were different after the pandemic struck

Universal Credit claimants in Lancaster urged to answer calls to avoid losing th...

The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the UK economy, with unemployment rising to a five-year high in the three months to December.

Which age groups have been hardest hit by the coronavirus jobs crisis?

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - more than a third of the all-time figure (Photo: Shutterstock)

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - m...

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be enough? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be...

You could be eligible for monthly PIP benefit payments - here’s how to check if ...

This is when benefits and tax credits will be paid over Christmas and New Year 2...

Benefits to be capped for thousands of struggling families - here's why