Stirling CAB welcome Chancellor cost of living help - but more still needs to be done

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a call from Conservative MP, Virginia Crosbie, to assess the “potential merits of extending the £650 support for the rise in energy” to include people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Carer's Allowance.

The government has confirmed when the first Cost of Living payments will be made following chancellor Rishi Sunak's announcement of the new support package last month. Eight million homes across the country will start to see the first instalment of the £650 grant hit their bank accounts in just a few weeks.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected a call from Labour MP, Charlotte Nichols, to widen the eligibility scope for the one-off £650 Cost of Living Payment to include people on contribution-based Employment Support Allowance and other non-means tested benefits.

Boris Johnson is "on probation" and could still be removed from office if he fails to win back the trust of Tory MPs, a former minister and Tory peer has said.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of additional financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more challenging to cope with the rising cost of living.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ‘disagreed’ with a petition calling on the UK Government to increase benefits in line with current levels of inflation to help “stop the cost of living crisis becoming a poverty emergency”.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced that every domestic electricity customer across the country will receive a £400 discount off their energy bill from October in a new effort by the UK Government to help millions of households cope with the cost of living crisis.

Boris Johnson will look to relaunch his beleaguered premiership with another cost of living support package tomorrow.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of further financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more difficult to make their incomes stretch to cover the rising cost of living.

Legacy benefit claimants are still waiting to hear if a legal challenge over the £20 weekly uplift paid to millions of people on Universal Credit during coronavirus lockdowns has been successful in its application to appeal the ruling.

Last week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the Uk Government will double the £200 energy bill ‘loan-not-loan’ to £400 which is set to be applied to all domestic electricity accounts from October and turned it into a grant meaning nobody needs to pay it back.

Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank has said he's been going to bed early to save electricity. It comes amid the cost of living crisis as prices continue to skyrocket.The actor, famed for playing Billy Mayhew in the soap, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the energy crisis. He admitted he'd been avoiding turning the lights on at night, and shared: "Anyone else find themselves going to bed early just so they don’t have to turn the lights on? I feel like I did when I was 8 & could still hear the bigger kids playing outside..

As the cost of living crisis deepens, millions of households are struggling to cover the spiralling cost of living. The UK government has responded by announcing a financial package designed to assist those who need help the most.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said his new emergency cost-of-living package will have a “minimal” impact on inflation which will be “much less” than 1%.

The cost of living crisis has left many Brits wondering how they will be able to face soaring prices.To help with energy bills, the Chancellor unveiled plans on Thursday that will see each home in the country be given £400 towards the cost. Initially households were to be given a refund of £200 on bills in October and this was to be a loan that had to be repaid.This has now changed and instead the Chancellor announced he will be giving households £400 - and the money is not to be repaid.

The cost of living crisis has hit millions from all around the country with many Brits wondering how they’ll tackle a rise in bills. On Thursday it seemed there could be an answer to questions over the rise in energy bills when the Chancellor announced a new package of support that gives families on benefits a one off £650 payment.