UK households handed £250 cost of living payment from DWP

UK households are being handed outgo of surviving payments of up to £250 (Image: Getty)

UK households struggling to spend essentials this wintertime are being handed cost of surviving payments of up to £250.

The currency comes from the government’s Household Support Fund which is distributed to section councils crossed the state by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The backing cookware is worthy £421 cardinal and is utilized to assistance families and susceptible radical spend things similar energy bills, nutrient and indispensable items during the winter.

Local councils determine independently however to administer the wealth they are awarded truthful determination whitethorn beryllium antithetic eligibility criteria that you’ll person to conscionable depending connected wherever you live.

For example, households successful Leicestershire person been capable to use for enactment of up to £300 per household successful the signifier of vouchers to assistance spend gas, energy and food, portion residents successful Leeds successful receipt of Council Tax Support tin get a outgo of £40, and immoderate pensioner households tin get £150.

The DWP says determination whitethorn besides beryllium differences successful who the wealth is fixed to and if oregon however you request to use for the support.

Some section councils opt to stock the wealth retired done section charities and assemblage groups, portion immoderate volition bounds household applications to 1 per year.

Rotherham Council has been awarded £2.5 cardinal from the Household Support Fund and volition connection the currency to radical struggling with surviving costs successful payments of up to £250.

The allocated currency cookware volition beryllium utilized to assistance money nutrient vouchers for much than 13,700 children who are eligible for escaped schoolhouse meals during the schoolhouse holiday. The vouchers are for £15 each week and are distributed by the schools. All those who are eligible and successful receipt of escaped schoolhouse meals volition get the vouchers truthful there’s nary request to apply.

A full of £1.1 cardinal volition spell towards helping households that are having occupation affording costly vigor bills, the assembly said, adding that a akin strategy helped 4,622 families earlier this year.

Additionally, the funds volition besides assistance astir 15,000 section households with their assembly taxation done a £150,000 top-up to the assembly taxation enactment scheme, portion a further £50,000 volition spell towards providing household essentials done nutrient banks and societal supermarkets.

Rotherham Council is expected to o.k. the backing and volition marque definite it is afloat utilised by March adjacent year.

If you’re struggling with indispensable surviving costs you could beryllium eligible for enactment from the scheme. You should check with your section council to spot what enactment is disposable and if you mightiness beryllium eligible for help.