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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that some 7.3 million payments of £324 have now been made to low-income families across the country as part of the UK Government’s £37 billion cost of living support package.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that some 7.3 million payments of £324 have now been made to low-income families across the country as part of the UK Government’s £37 billion cost of living support package.

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023-24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.

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Almost one in four families across the UK will receive £324 from the UK Government this month as the latest cost of living payments are sent out from today. Some 689,000 families across Scotland can expect to receive the payment directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between November 8 and 23.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start giving over eight million households the second part of the £650 cost of living payment from Tuesday. Payments for £324 will land in bank accounts between November 8 and 23, for most eligible claimants and some members of the Daily Record Money Saving Scotland Facebook group have received confirmation text messages from DWP.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a new call from Labour to widen eligibility for the second instalment of the £650 means-tested cost of living payment to include people receiving contributions-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). The DWP recently confirmed that over eight million households are set to receive the second payment, worth £324, between November 8 and 23, 2022.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been reluctant to confirm whether State Pension and benefits will be uprated in line with the current inflation rate of 10.1% next April. New DWP boss, Mel Stride, told the House of Commons earlier this week that a decision will not be announced until the Autumn Statement on November 17 at the earliest.