The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is in the midst of paying the last of its cost of living payment to eligible households. Payments of £299 began to be distributed earlier this month and mark the final instalment in the larger £900 cost of living payment for people on means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit and Jobseekers’ Allowance. Similar payments worth £300 and £150 have been given to pensioners and disabled people, respectively. While these amounts have been vital lifelines for vulnerable demographics during the cost of living crisis, one group has been left out of much o…
