Next week, families will receive a cash bonus in the run-up to Christmas.
The Christmas Bonus is a one-off tax-free £10 payment made before Christmas, paid to people who get certain benefits in the qualifying week. This is normally the first full week of December.
The Christmas Bonus is on top of normal benefits and separate from cost of living support measures. You do not need to claim - you should get paid automatically.
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According to BirminghamLive, to be eligible, you must receive one of the following benefits:
- Adult Disability Payment
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer’s Allowance
- Child Disability Payment
- Constant Attendance Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
- Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim)
- Disability Living Allowance
- Incapacity Benefit at the long-term rate
- Industrial Death Benefit (for widows or widowers)
- Mobility Supplement
- Pension Credit - the guarantee element
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- State Pension (including Graduated Retirement Benefit)
- Severe Disablement Allowance (transitionally protected)
- Unemployability Supplement or Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
- War Disablement Pension at State Pension age
- War Widow’s Pension
- Widowed Mother’s Allowance
- Widowed Parent’s Allowance
- Widow’s Pension
It comes after a number of new cost of living payments were announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to help people get through next year as the cost of living crisis continues. It includes a £900 payment for people on certain means-tested benefits.
Families will need all the help they can get as changes to the Energy Price Cap from next spring mean typical bills will rise by £500 a year to a whopping £3,000.
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