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Eligibility for cost of living payment?
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Energy bills
Hi all I would like to know how can you save on your energy bills when the price keeps going up for us all Margaret
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I received my cost of living payment yesterday
Hi all got £301.00 cost of living payment yesterday thanks debbiej
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Share your experiences of the cost of living payments with the Government
Please complete this form to share your experiences of the Government's cost of living payments. Hi everyone, I hope you're all as well as can be :) Call for evidence on the cost of living payments Scope are responding to a 'call for evidence' from the Parliamentary Work and Pensions Committee. They're asking four…
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My mother has Energy debt of £3542.26 is there any help
Hi Guys My mother is a pensioner and lives on her own, she has 3 carers a day and she has many illnesses from Dementia to breast cancer, loss of one eyesight and so on. she gets Pension credit, Pension Guarantee credit and attendance allowance, which we used this on the carers contribution. however i had to get private…
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No 10% increase in my Benefits
Hello all, Me and my mum both recieved our ESA just after midnight. I checked my bank account, and found that neither of us got the promised 10% inflation-related increase which we are supposed to get after April 10. On top of that, DWP paid me £201.85 instead of the usual £209 which is what I usually get every 2 weeks.…
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Col payments and theory on how they choose who to pay first
Hello all just wondering if anyone knows how they choose who gets paid first my two brothers live together both have save enitials jw one brother was paid Monday they other got his today and my mom got hers today we all suffer from a rare bone desease and are dussabled I haven't had mine yet like jusy curios how they…
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Is it still worth living in the UK anymore?
We are far to old to relocate abroad. Given what we see now and if we were 30 years younger we, the whole family would leave for a better life elsewhere. We had the chance to work and live in Houston USA in 1985 but we refused as it would have meant leaving my wife' mother on her own. Most of our children's friends have…
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Cost of living payment text - is it real?
Hello everyone, Has anyone received a Text Message From the DWP about the cost of living payments, 🤔 I'm not sure If it's Real Or not
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April / May 2023 Cost of Living Payment
I wonder how they decide when exactly you get the payment, as in do they do it by alphabetical order? Everyone whose names beginning with A getting paid 25 April 2023, then names beginning with B on 26 April 2023, etc. Or is it just truly random and you can get it any time between the days quoted above?
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Cost of living
If I received the cost of living last time do I get it this time round x as I'm on ESA and pip
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Prepaid meters
Stressed out topped up £30 on gas Tuesday teatime had to use emergency credit last night woke up this morning £0 on meter don’t get paid till ne t week now so all weekend no gas it’s lucky my cooker electric these prices are rediculous anyone else struggling with keeping credit on there meters
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Warm Home Discount
I think this COMPLETELY new scheme using an old name stinks I've been eligible since I moved in in 2015 till this year, all because they have changed criteria
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Warm home discount
Warm home discount was paid today. Was Told would be getting it 6 months ago and today was the 31st of March which was the final day that they said it could be paid until. makes you think have these energy companies purposely held onto the money they were given by the government only to pay people on last day cos I this…
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Disability cost of living payment
Good morning 1st time poster here I was awarded my 1st PIP payment in December 2022 will I be eligible for the disability cost of living payment for 2023 Or is not open to any new awards a after may 2022 Thank you
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First cost of living payment
The Gov.UK website has now updated with the first payment details. Full details here. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payments-2023-to-2024 If you’re entitled, you will get: * £301 paid between 25 April 2023 and 17 May 2023 for most people on DWP benefits Universal Credit You are eligible for the first Cost of…
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Council support fund
Hi all, just wanted to ask if anyone has applied for it and can you have savings even if you apply for it ? Thankyou in advance 😊
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Cost of living payments
I was awarded PIP in September 2022 therefore was not eligible for the recent help. Do you know if I will get anything this year. Thanks
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Fuming with Boost Energy
Boost has switched my leccy meter off supply even though it's not supposed to go off between 4pm Friday and 10am Monday if on a prepay smart meter. I did run out of credit but it's still supposed to stay on regardless. I'm absolutely fuming as their is nothing I can do till the call centre opens on Monday. Anyone else had…
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Warm home discount refused
I'm mad that I didn get my WHD this year after getting it every other year? Have the rules changed or something. I'm so annoyed