Quickly check for unclaimed benefits, discounts or top-ups within minutes online to boost your income this winter
12.09.2022 - 13:51
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Last week, Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that the typical UK household will pay no more than £2,500 a year for energy for the next two years from October as the UK Government responds to soaring gas and electricity prices.
Without the intervention, average household energy bills would have jumped 80 per cent from October 1, from the current £1,971 to £3,549 a year under Ofgem's latest price cap. Ms Truss has announced that a new Energy Price Guarantee will supersede the existing price cap until 2024 - the year the next general election is expected.
Cost of living payments will continue to offer extra help to low income families, pensioner households and the disabled this winter. However, people may be unaware they can quickly and easily check online for any missing benefits, discounts or top-ups online using a confidential benefits calculator - there’s even one that checks eligibility for devolved benefits.
Below is everything you need to know about benefits calculators including the most popular ones to use, what they check for and how to use them.
Online benefit calculators quickly work out if you are missing out on any benefits and best of all, they are completely free, independent and confidential to use - so there’s nothing to lose.
In just a few minutes you could find out how much you may be able to claim in extra support, just by entering details about yourself, your residential status, your working status and any savings you have.
You can use an independent benefits calculator to find out:
This online tool is the first to fully integrate devolved benefits, including the Scottish Child Payment.
It provides a free and impartial assessment of entitlement to a range of benefits such as Universal Credit, crisis