Some families to get a total of £1,200 cash, to support with cost of living crisis.

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Highlights:
All families can now keep the 200 quid energy payment, no longer repayment based. This will be topped up to £400.
Low income families to get £650 straight into bank account.
(Non means tested) disabled benefit recipients to get £150.
All in all some will receive total of £1,200.
Funded by windfall tax.

You're thoroughly unpleasant aren't you? What difference does it make to you if someone can have a bit of help towards making their life easier?
I bet you're of these who thinks all unemployed people spend their oh so high benefits on large TVs, acrylic nails and alcohol.

@BensonStabler Why don't you switch to UC then? This would be odd if you don't get awarded it given people who are on the UC version of what you are are going to be awarded it...

I do claim it and I’m still no better off, it’s minimal compared to the more than 100% rise in energy bills and escalating fuel costs

@BensonStabler the £650 is one payment split into two. I don’t understand why you think it’s unfair though . Like myself you get pip a non means tested benefit because our partners/husbands incomes support us. We are not living in ESA or pip only are we.

Can you point me to where it said non means tested benefit recipients will get £150, because the way I understood it is that this only applies to disabled pensioners who are in receipt of pension credit - so not really non means tested. Not sure if I’ve misunderstood.

On the other hand, I won't ever be able to buy a home - as far as i know, a bank wouldn't give me a mortgage (even if i had a deposit), being solely in receipt of PIP/ESA.

Swings and roundabouts.

How helpful and utterly tone deaf.
I was forced to give up work in 2017. Our household won't qualify for this "help" but we still won't cover our bills.
If you fancy giving up work I'll happily trade places if you also fancy being a full time unpaid Carer 24/7.
There's no leave and fuck all support but hey you'll just fine I'm sure.
You may apply for carers allowance at the awesome rate of £67 a week but be warned all of that will likely go on services your local authority should be providing but can't due to cuts.
Knock yourself out with your shitty entitled posts

At least they have also stated that they will be raising benefits in line with inflation next year too. The way they got out of applying the triple lock this year was shocking.

Agree with this. It's also going to cause resentment from those struggling but not eligible for anything due to not being on UC. I'm one of those, we just earn a little too much as a family but struggling money-wise atm. Our heating will certainly not see much use this winter.

Obviously I know that other people need the support more than we do, and I really don't begrudge them that at all. I also like to keep my feelings focused on the people at the top rather than those with even less than me. But I think that there will be lots of people in my situation who can't get past the feeling of struggling with no help, and I worry that we're in for another cultural wave of nasty benefit bashing sentiment

Good to hear that. Thanks for the reply.

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No those on ESA that get it are those on income related. It those that are means tested, which contribution ESA isn't.

Might as well give up work then…

I've heard it all now, please start a blog on how far the one off payment will go

Whilst some will legitimately need the £650 many feckless lay abouts will be loving this.

May be the government should be using this payment to pay off or part pay their arrears on housing and bills first. We will still see plenty blow this and complain they are in arrears.

Once again the working pay the price! Absolutely nothing to help!

I think you've got confused. There's no further council tax rebate, just the £400 energy grant that goes straight to your energy account.

What’s really needed is for these excessive costs to be brought down. This support is being funded by the excessive profits made by the energy companies- absolutely farcical.

These measures are nothing more than a sticking plaster. We’ll all be screwed again by next year.

So the squeezed middle get little help then in comparison to the low paid or jobless. I get a bit annoyed by it tbh, we pay more tax now and get little to no assistance ever. We’re not eligible for anything at all, no FSM or help with uniform/school trips/school transport. Little help with childcare costs either. With this we’ll most likely be eligible for the lowest amount of help, it’s always the way.

Behave yourself, how many people claiming benefits are 'feckless layabouts'?

Better than nothing.

There will always be outcry if something or nothing

But if I was receiving the extra I know what I’d prefer.

Yes it will. It is going to those who receive winter fuel payment, which goes to any household with a pensioner.

Warm Home discount is something different.

My mistake. And theirs, I think. Lots of pensioners are very well off (my parents included) and won't need it. But I guess it's too complicated to means test.

£400 off fuel bill.

Just papering over the cracks, we shouldn’t be grateful for rebates and charity. The cap should never have been lifted and definitely shouldn’t be rising again.

Day after day there are threads on here with people talking about working the minimum hours to claim the maximum benefit help

Are there? I haven't seen these but I could be on the wrong boards.