EIGHT million Brits on Universal Credit and other benefits will get the first chunk of their £650 cost of living payment from 14 July.
Ministers will on Wednesday change laws to give Brits on low incomes, the elderly and disabled extra bung in their bank accounts with a bank transfer to help ease the squeeze.
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They will get the first payment – £326 – in their bank accounts next month – with another £324 to come at a date later in the autumn.
In total, millions of Brits are set to get at least £1,200 from the Government this year to help with rising costs.
That includes a £150 council tax rebate already dished out.
And everyone is set to get a £400 energy bill rebate later this year too.
Pensioners will be able to get £300 extra, and disabled people another £150 on top of the £650 cash help – but there’s no date for these payments yet.
DWP chief Thérèse Coffey said: “With millions of the lowest-income households soon seeing the first of two cash installments land into their bank accounts, we are taking action to directly help families with the cost of living.”
And Chancellor Rishi Sunak added: “We have a responsibility to protect those who are paying the highest price for rising inflation, and we are stepping up to help.
“I said we would stand by people when they needed help, and we are.”
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Ministers say their £37billion package of cost of living measures – including the fuel duty cut, Universal Credit taper slash and rise in National Insurance tax bands – is one of the most generous in the world.
To be eligible for the help. claimants need to be in receipt of Universal Credit, Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Pension Credit as of 25 May 2022.
The cash will be tax-free and won’t contribute towards the benefits cap.
