Cost Of Living Payment

TimeLord1

Keep Em Peeled 👍


Millions of households will start to receive a £300 #CostOfLivingPayment from tomorrow

This will be sent automatically to people's accounts between 31 October and 19 November

nayathepsychic

And cue 40 different threads tomorrow with posters wailing about not getting it on the first day 😂

I know it's exciting but have patience, folks. 

CoreSock

No joy here.

Maybe tomorrow?

Aquapara

No luck here neither! I do wonder if it goes in through the night or daytime? I reckon it would have been here by now today though 

mrsyardbroom

No-one seems to know if you get  the payment when you're on pension savings credit. People are telling me I'm not eligible because it's not the guarantee credit, but I got the payment last year. This year my friends have had letters saying they'll get a payment and I haven't had anything. I didn't get the warm home discount last year either as I was switched from Bulb to Octopus and Octopus didn't seem to be paying it to new customers.

Mjj17

No luck here and I'm with monzo! 

GiroBoy

mrsyardbroom said:

No-one seems to know if you get  the payment when you're on pension savings credit. People are telling me I'm not eligible because it's not the guarantee credit, but I got the payment last year. This year my friends have had letters saying they'll get a payment and I haven't had anything. I didn't get the warm home discount last year either as I was switched from Bulb to Octopus and Octopus didn't seem to be paying it to new customers.

• The entitlement conditions in the legislation just require that the person be receiving State Pension Credit so that certainly does appear to be the case, even though savings credit isn’t normally treated as a passport in other contexts.
  
• The Pensioner Cost of Living Payment of up to £300 will be paid as an increase to Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2023 to 2024. You can get a Winter Fuel Payment if you were born before 25 September 1957.

Bigwheels1111

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I see you £300 pending tomorrow you’re only a day away.
First Direct.

poppy12345

mrsyardbroom said:

No-one seems to know if you get  the payment when you're on pension savings credit. People are telling me I'm not eligible because it's not the guarantee credit, but I got the payment last year. This year my friends have had letters saying they'll get a payment and I haven't had anything. I didn't get the warm home discount last year either as I was switched from Bulb to Octopus and Octopus didn't seem to be paying it to new customers.

You should be entitled to the CoL payment when you receive any Pension Credit. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment#low-income-benefits-and-tax-credits-cost-of-living-payment-eligibility they do not send letters out for the Cost of living payments.

You're also automatically entitled to the Warm Home Discount, regardless of which part of Pension Credit you're receiving. If you switched to Octopus after middle of August last year then this could be why you didn't receive it. You should receive it this year.  https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme/guarantee-pension-credit

poppy12345

CoreSock said:

No joy here.

Maybe tomorrow?

It can be anytime up until 19th November. I had mine today but my daughter didn't. Even though i'm her appointee and her benefits go into my bank, the same back my benefits go into. I'm not worried because there's plenty of time and today is just day one.

gbhxu

In today's society, there should be nobody desperately waiting for their COL payment.

We wouldn't need the payment if benefits were enough to live on rather than just exist.