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Thousands Get First DWP Benefit Payments as Cost of Living Sees Families Struggle
The Department for Work and Pensions is distributing over £50 million after heating oil prices spiked, with first payments now reaching bank accounts.
- On Monday, the UK government announced £50 million in immediate support for vulnerable households using heating oil, with Labour Party Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves confirming funding for the Northern Ireland Executive.
- Heating oil prices have spiked sharply, creating an urgent problem for rural families according to Reeves, while conflict in the Middle East continues to impact global economic uncertainty and fuel costs.
- In England, local authorities will distribute funding through the Crisis and Resilience Fund, which became effective April 1; Secretary Ed Miliband stated this investment fights cost of living pressures.
- Simultaneously, Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially ended the two-child benefit cap, declaring the move proof his Government is "on the side of the British people" alongside improved workers' rights.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticized the benefit changes, while Amnesty International's Jen Clark argued the reforms fail to help the majority of children living in poverty, warning families will still struggle.
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Thousands get first DWP benefit payments as cost of living sees families struggle
First payments are landing in bank accounts after the two child cap was scrapped, in a move expected to boost support for families across the UK.
·Skipton, United Kingdom
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