Universal Credit cost of living

johnsmithuka77

Hi i was migrated over to UC in june 2025 from ESA income related in the support group i applied for UC on the 26th may after recieving migration notice 2025 from ESA will i qualify for for the UK cost of living payment in june 2025 i live in scotland ? if so when will it appear in my bank account paying for things is very difficult as everything is so expensive please let me know ?

Wheeled_Weapon

The cost of living payment doesn't exist. It was unscrupulous news outlets telling lies.

There's a post about it here somewhere.

Sorry 😔

johnsmithuka77

thankyou for letting me know

Rosie_Scope

Hi @johnsmithuka77, as Wheeled_Weapon says, unfortunately lots of fake sites are popping up at the moment reporting this but it's not true.

I've popped up a post about it here:

Beware of scams and misleading headlines! No new cost of living payments are planned for this year — Scope | Online Community

Sorry to bring the bad news, it's awful how these sites are getting people's hopes up when things are so expensive. Hope you're doing okay.