How plans to tackle cost of living will affect you
Straight payments will be made to millions of people on various state benefits or pensions.A £650 payment will be made to more than eight million low-income households who receive Universal Credit, tax credits, pension credit and other means-tested benefits.
Those on disability benefits will receive £150 in September, which may be on top of the £650 payment.Households that receive the Winter Fuel Payment - which is homes with at least one person of pension age - will receive an extra £300 in November or December.A small group of pensioners with disabilities will receive a total of £1,500 when all the new payments and discounts they are eligible for are added up.
Some payments have been made to people with fuel vouchers, for example, through the Household Support Fund distributed by councils. An additional £500m has been added to the fund by the chancellor.- which he called a temporary levy - will be imposed on energy companies which should raise about £5bn over the next year.
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