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DWP Christmas payment dates confirmed - see if you'll be paid early
The Department for Work and Pensions is moving payments due on Christmas and New Year bank holidays to the prior working day, affecting millions of UK benefit recipients.
- This year the Department for Work and Pensions is advancing festive payments, moving sums due on December 25 and December 26 to December 24 and New Year's Day payments to December 31.
- Under DWP rules, payments falling on a bank holiday are paid on the preceding working day because this year Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays.
- Nationally, about 24 million people claim benefits administered by the Department for Work and Pensions , and millions of pensioners will see State Pension payments arrive early this month while payment amounts remain unchanged.
- Financial advisers warn that recipients may need to plan budgets carefully because payments arriving early must stretch to the next scheduled date amid cost-of-living pressures.
- Claimants can check their dates on the official government website, contact the Department for Work and Pensions on 0800 328 5644 if payments are missing; Tax Credits due December 27 pay on December 24, Child Benefit due December 31 on December 30.
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DWP confirms State Pension payment changes for Christmas 2025 and New Year
The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that millions of people will see their State Pension payments arrive early this Christmas and New…
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