Cost of living payment

[tonysingh]

Yay! Happy for you. Still awaiting mine but I know we've got until the end of next week.

I am going to stock my cupboards and that to the brim now and buy a much needed pots and pans set. I'm down to one cheapie pot from Poundland atm

 

[passenger]

Thankfully I got the £326 payment today, so can celebrate my
birthday at the beach party in Brighton, a friend got me a ticket for £55
will use a little bit of the money to buy beers on the day.

p.s will not be taking my walking stick I must be mad and will probably
be one of the oldest people there at 55

On The Beach – Andy C, Sub Focus, Wilkinson & SHY FX

ON THE BEACH BRIGHTON IS BACK FOR 2022

www.eventbrite.co.uk

 

[chainsawjob]

Ooo, good line up passenger Enjoy!

Glad your money's in. Must check mine.

 

[weepiper]

Mine has gone in this morning

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Thankfully I got the £326 payment today, so can celebrate my
birthday at the beach party in Brighton, a friend got me a ticket for £55
will use a little bit of the money to buy beers on the day.

p.s will not be taking my walking stick I must be mad and will probably
be one of the oldest people there at 55

On The Beach – Andy C, Sub Focus, Wilkinson & SHY FX

ON THE BEACH BRIGHTON IS BACK FOR 2022

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Happy birthday and have fun!

 

[chainsawjob]

Ooo, I've got mine now too.

 

[Edie]

Do you get this payment if you claim child benefits?

 

[chainsawjob]

Do you get this payment if you claim child benefits?

You have to be on income-related Universal Credit.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Do you get this payment if you claim child benefits?

Not child benefit but you can if you get Child Tax Credit.

 

[scifisam]

You have to be on income-related Universal Credit.

Or child tax credit or one of the legacy working tax credits. The payments for those will be later in the year though.

 

[campanula]

Mine has arrived. Rushed out to buy ice-cream and lollies for offspring, sweetheart and myself. Considering buying a coupla tonnes of decent mulch as my allotment is in a woeful state of dessication and crap soil.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Yay! Mine's arrived.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

I get diddly squat on housing benefit. I don't understand why given that it's a means tested benefit. It would be useful to have but I'll be OK without it, for now at least. I'm hoping my council will see sense and dole some dosh out via the housing support fund in the autumn. There's no way to apply for it they just identify need.

 

[blossie33]

No, I looked at our Council's website and I don't seem to be eligible either.
I don't especially mind but it was made to sound as though it was for everyone.

 

[Elpenor]

I did some research on the second payment out of curiosity, and I learnt the below. Posting it here for reference with my bolding - it’s relevant for those with universal credit claims.

Universal Credit​

To get the first Cost of Living Payment of £326, you must have been entitled to a payment (or later found to be entitled to a payment) of Universal Credit for an assessment period that ended in the period 26 April 2022 to 25 May 2022.

We will update this guidance when the government has announced the qualifying dates to get the second payment of £324.

The payment will be made separately from your benefit.

What I took from this is that if you get the first payment of £326 you may not necessarily get the second payment of £324 if they use different assessment period dates compared to those of the first payment.

Presumably those who weren’t eligible for payment 1 might be eligible for payment 2 depending on their earnings.

 

[passenger]

Do we know when the second payment will come into
effect, it seems to have gone under the radar it might
help me get over Brenda's death.

 

[Elpenor]

I don’t think there’s been anything published about the month they will use to assess entitlement, let alone the intended pay window.

 

[tonysingh]

It's October for the second half.

 

[passenger]

Ok i thought it was the 20 th of this month

 

[Karl Masks]

website just says Autumn. So yes probably October

 

[Elpenor]

Nothing here?

Cost of Living Payment

Guidance on getting an extra payment to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.

www.gov.uk

We will update this guidance when the government has announced the qualifying dates to get the second payment of £324.

 

[geminisnake]

Ok i thought it was the 20 th of this month

I thought I'd seen September in print and also the qualifying dates, should have screenshotted

 

[tonysingh]

I thought I'd seen September in print and also the qualifying dates, should have screenshotted

You likely have done. If you claim PIP theres an extra £150 this month.

 

[passenger]

I know about the PIP payment but I did read it on a .gov statement
will try and find it.

https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-08/FAQ%20COL%20Payments.pdf

 

[LeytonCatLady]

I'm getting a bit tired of all these clickbaity articles that say "All the dates you will get your payment if entitled" and it always ends with "DWP have not given the dates yet". Why publish it then?!

 

[maomao]

I'm getting a bit tired of all these clickbaity articles that say "All the dates you will get your payment if entitled" and it always ends with "DWP have not given the dates yet". Why publish it then?!

To get clicks from desparate people. Very cynical.

 

[tonysingh]

Has anyone received the second payment yet?

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Not yet. I think the government will update the Cost of Living page once a timeframe has been set.

 

[tonysingh]

Not yet. I think the government will update the Cost of Living page once a timeframe has been set.

It's just it's getting awfully close to October when they said it be paid and I panic like mad. Especially with this shower in charge.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

It's just it's getting awfully close to October when they said it be paid and I panic like mad. Especially with this shower in charge.

Understandable. They couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery!