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Millions of people across the UK are waiting to receive their £301 cost of living payment due from today.
People expecting to receive the first of the three payments have taken to social media to complain.
One user said: “Well no cost of living payment for me yet. Not expecting mine anytime soon.”
While another added: “People be mocking people like me who are impatient in getting the cost of living payment. Those people are the kind of people who can afford to wait. Well I’m sorry but some of us can’t.”
This is the first of three payments, totalling up to £900, for those eligible and on means-tested benefits, such as universal credit or pension credit, in 2023/24.
Around 8 million households will receive the government assistance that was developed to help people during the cost of living crisis.
The Department for Work and Pensions will send payments automatically and directly to recipients’ bank accounts, with a reference of their national insurance number followed by “DWP COL”.
