Those entitled to the cash will be paid automatically and do not need to apply.
More than eight million households will start receiving the first of two payments intended to help with the cost of living from today.
On top of that, nearly one in ten people will get a £150 disability payment this autumn, and more than eight million pensioner households could get an extra £300 from Winter Fuel Payments in November and December.In addition, the threshold at which National Insurance kicks in increased from £9,880 to £12,570 on 6 July.
"Today's payment is the signal to millions of families that we are on their side and we have already promised more cash in the autumn, alongside other measures - including our Help for Households - to support the vulnerable and ease the burden." The need for such support is underlined by figures from the Office for National Statistics, which found in late June and early July that 91% of adults in Britain said their living costs had increased over the previous month.
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