Department for Work and Pensions

Earning £400 or less a week? You may be eligible for £300 towards your bills

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?

An opening date for The Body Shop has been announced

Opening date for The Body Shop coming to Rushden Lakes

Cost of Living Support

Councillors to discuss further £5m funding package to help households

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

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

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
Millions of people who received the cost of living payments in 2022 are set to receive additional financial support this year - here’s everything you need to know.

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

Half term vouchers will be issued to those in West Northamptonshire who usually receive free school meals.

Council announces free school meals vouchers for October half term

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

More than 10,000 eligible children will get £20 vouchers from West Northamptonshire Council covering the cost of school meals over the summer holidays

Free summer school meals for 10,000 children to combat cost of living crisis

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

Thousands more people in West Northamptonshire are relying on foodbanks than before the pandemic

Anti-poverty warning as thousands more forced to rely on food banks

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

More than 20,000 Northamptonshire children were living in poverty during the Covid pandemic, according to government figures

One in eight county children living in poverty last year, official figures show

Councillor Emma Roberts.

Labour criticises council's 'headline-grabbing' £1 million support pledge

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

Former director Trevor Thomas (Left) has handed the reigns to the next generation

Printing company celebrates 70 years of work including 2012 Olympics and others

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

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

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Female pensioners in Northampton are thousands of pounds worse off than male cou...

Department for Work and Pensions figures show that 488 single-parent families had their benefits capped in Northampton during February.

Benefit cap hits hundreds more single-parent families in Northampton

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

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Pictures: Here are the top SEVEN jobs being advertised for immediate starts in N...

Job Centre

Universal Credit in Northampton: these are the age groups that have been worst a...

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...

Job centres across Northamptonshire are recruiting more work coaches.

More than 100 jobs ‘work coach’ roles available at job centres across Northants

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

You may be eligible for £140 off your winter heating bill - here's how to apply

Universal Credit is changing this week - here’s how it could affect you

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Child poverty on the rise in Northampton

A rule change to Universal Credit payments will stop thousands missing out on ca...

Thousands of women are missing out on a boost to their pension (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women who divorce later in life could be missing out on state pension money

Labour said the scheme offers "very little support"

Here’s who is eligible for the government’s new £238m employment scheme - and ho...

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Nearly 2,000 young adults in Northampton swell ranks of Universal Credit claiman...

Those receiving Universal Credit could see a boost of up to £405 this October, after previously losing out when being moved from other benefits to the new system (Photo: Shutterstock)

Universal Credit claimants may be eligible for an extra £400 in October

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Thousands of young people in Northampton targeted for work scheme

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Northampton council forks out £437,000 in emergency housing payments for benefit...

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Rise in Northampton households hit by benefit cap during lockdown

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Fewer than one in 20 mental health patients in Nene region employed