Over seven million households receive £301 DWP cost-of-living payment

Eligible households on certain means-tested benefits will receive the payment from the Department for Work and Pensions by 17 May

More than seven million households across the UK will have received a £301 cost-of-living payment by the end of Wednesday, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said.

The DWP previously announced that eligible households receiving DWP means-tested benefits would receive their first 2023-24 payment between Tuesday April 25 and Wednesday 17 May.

The payments are part of a package of wider government support announced to tackle the cost of living in 2023-24, including a further £300 cost-of-living payment for eligible families in autumn 2023, with a payment of £299 in spring 2024.