DWP cost of living: March dates for DWP payments, benefits, pensions and cost of living top ups

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. State benefits and pensions These payments will go out directly on their usual dates this March, with no public holidays forthcoming to complicate the process: Universal credit State pension Pension credit Disability living allowance Personal independence payment Attendance allowance Carer’s allowance Employment support allowance Income support Jobseeker’s allowance For more information on how and when state benefits are paid, please visit the government’s website. Should a big freeze arrive and a cold weather payment be signed off, the money would be paid to anyone registered with Department for Work and Pensions to receive a qualifying benefits payment, such as: pension credit, income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, Income-related employment and support allowance or universal credit. The money will be paid to help with high energy costs to anyone receiving the following benefits: pension credit, income-related employment and support allowance, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income support, universal credit, housing benefit or child tax credits and working tax credits. The new £900 cash support for over eight million eligible means-tested benefits claimants, including people on universal credit, pension credit and tax credits, starts in the spring and will go directly to bank accounts in three payments, the DWP said.