To help low-income households deal with their continuous high bills, the government is currently distributing the most recent cost-of-living payment. Between now and May 17th, the £301 instalment should be sent to eight million means-tested benefit claimants, including those receiving Universal Credit.
The cost of the supermarket shop has kept inflation - the rate of rising prices - stubbornly high in the UK. A typical household's energy bill also remains at £2,500 a year, although all of these bills are expected to drop later in the year.
Without requiring a claim, the most recent £301 will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of qualified recipients. To distinguish it from the following two payments, which will be for £300 and £299, it is £301.
Am I eligible for the money?
To be eligible for a payment, you must receive either Universal Credit, Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, or Pension Credit.
Who can get the next cost-of-living payments?
The Treasury Committee of MPs has previously criticised the "cliff-edge" of payment criteria, with those just outside the eligibility requirements missing out on hundreds of pounds of support when compared with those just inside the requirements.