September dates for benefits, pensions and cost of living payments

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Eight million eligible means-tested benefits claimants, including people on universal credit, pension credit and tax credits, will receive the next £300 instalment of the cost of living payments as part of a programme that began this spring, with the money going directly to bank accounts in three tranches, the Department for Work and Pensions has said. Here are the payment windows that have been announced so far, with more precise dates expected later in the year: £301 – First cost of living payment – already issued between 25 April and 17 May £150 – Disability payment – between 20 June and 4 July 2023 £300 – Second cost of living payment – during autumn 2023 £300 – Pensioner payment – during winter 2023/4 £299 – Third cost of living payment – during spring 2024 Benefits going out as usual The usual state support in the shape of benefits and pensions payments will also be going out as normal in September, with no bank holidays scheduled to confuse delivery dates. 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. The government’s Energy Price Guarantee – introduced by short-lived prime minister Liz Truss a year ago to ensure households paid no more than £2,500 for their electricity and gas, with the government subsidising the remainder owed to providers under Ofgem’s Energy Price Cap – was extended by chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Budget of 15 March for a further three months.