![]() ![]() ![]() Those eligible will be recipients of Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Pension Credit. People on certain means-tested benefits will be paid £900 across the 2023/24 financial year, paid in three instalments worth £301, £300 and £299. Here's who is eligible and what we know so far about how and when the payments will be made. READ MORE: Cost of living support for people on disability benefits including PIP set for debate in Parliament Those three groups will be helped again over the next year, with the means-tested benefits support payment now boosted to £900. Over the last year, payments worth £650 were paid to people on certain means-tested benefits, while those on disability benefits received a £150 payment and pensioners got extra support worth up to £300. ![]() And over the coming financial year, more one-off payments will be made to various groups – constituting the largest package of its kind in Europe, Birmingham Live reports. ![]() He said that cost of living payments over the previous year, combined with the extension of the £2,500 Energy Price Guarantee and the uprating of benefits, meant that every household in the country will have benefited from an average of £3,300 worth of support. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the £94 billion package had been put in place to support struggling families in his Spring Budget yesterday (Mar 15). New cost of living support payments will go out to millions of households in the next financial year, starting in April 2023. ![]()
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