Specific group of people who will not receive new £301 cost of living payment due this Spring
07.02.2023 - 15:39
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced the payment schedule for the next wave of cost of living support worth up to £1,350 for those on a low-income, claiming disability benefits and pensioner households. The next round of support is expected to help millions of families across the country through the ongoing economic crisis.
However, not everyone claiming benefits will automatically qualify for the £900 means-tested payment which is due to be made in three lump sums over the course of the new financial year. Claimants on qualifying benefits including Universal Credit, Pension Credit and Tax Credits will see the first payment for £301 land in their bank accounts automatically this Spring.
The guidance on GOV.UK indicates that eligibility for the 2023/24 cost of living payments will follow the same criteria as last year. This means that certain claimants will need to be in receipt of Universal Credit, along with their non-qualifying benefit to receive the first payment of £301 in a few weeks’ time.
The guidance states: “You will not get a payment if you were getting New Style Employment and Support Allowance, contributory Employment and Support Allowance, or New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance, unless you were getting Universal Credit as well.”
You will not be eligible for the Cost of Living Payment if your Universal Credit is reduced to £0 for the qualifying assessment period - often referred to as a ‘nil award’. Reasons your Universal Credit may be reduced to £0 for an assessment period include getting more than one payment of earnings, your or your partner’s earnings go up, your or your partner’s savings go up, you start getting another benefit.
However, if money has been taken off for other reasons
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