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Kate Wilson

The DWP benefits to be paid early this week - including PIP and Universal Credit

If you're on Universal Credit and the like then you'll probably be no stranger to what happens when your payment date falls around a Bank Holiday. This month alone there have been three Bank Holidays to contend with - thanks to the King's Coronation earlier this month.

Benefit payments do not get paid into bank accounts on a Bank Holiday, including the one this Monday, May 29. Millions of benefit claimants will not receive their payments on this day and around 12 different benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are expected to be affected.

The majority of these payments will land on Friday, May 26, including Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Child Benefit, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), Pension Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), State Pension, Tax Credits and Universal Credit. The usual amount being paid into accounts will not change.

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Claimants do not have to do anything differently to receive these payments early - it should automatically enter your account.

However, if you find that you do not receive your benefit payment one working day before the bank holiday, you should contact the DWP directly as there may have been a mistake.

Payment due dates and actual payment dates for the rest of 2023

Due date Payment date
29 May 2023 26 May
28 August 2023 25 August
25 December 2023 22 December
26 December 2023 22 December
1 January 2024 29 December

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