A number of support payments from the government will be issued in the coming months. Payments will be handed out to people who may benefit from some extra cash to alleviate the pressure from the cost of living crisis.
Some payments will be especially useful as temperatures begin to drop throughout autumn and winter and people switch on their heating for longer periods of time.
While the start of October will see a new energy price cap, without last year's discount on bills from the government, millions will receive the autumn cost of living payment from the end of the month, the DWP has now announced. Read more: DWP and HMRC £300 cost of living payment: Dates, eligibility and more as full details published Read more: Millions to get £10 Christmas bonus from DWP this year - full list of eligible benefits We've broken down all the important payment dates coming up from now until the end of the year.
The DWP will begin paying out the £300 cost of living support payment for those receiving means-tested benefits at the end of October.
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