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Millions of households to receive £650 payment to ease of living crisis

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new £15bn emergency support package to help millions of households across the country deal with the cost of living crisis .Among the key measures announced in the House of Commons was a plan to provide millions of households with a one-off support payment of £650.

The new payments, which will be supplied by the DWP, will be provided to households on Universal Credit, Tax Credit and legacy benefits.

Speaking to the Commons, Mr Sunak said: "Our policy will provide a larger average payment this year of £650 whereas uprating the same benefits by 9 pre cent would be worth only on average £530.” He also announced payment support for both pensioners and those relying on disabled benefits. READ MORE: Three key measures announced by Rishi Sunak to help ease cost of living crisis Disabled people will receive an extra payment of £150, Mr Sunak added. "Many disabled people will also receive the payment of £650 I’ve already announced, taking their total cost-of-living payments to £800," he told the Commons.

Concluding his announcement, the Chancellor said: "I know that there are other pressures. I am not trying to claim we have solved the entire problem for everyone.

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