Cold Weather Payments are designed to support vulnerable households during spells of severe weather throughout the winter ...

DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area - Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year ...

Payments are issued when temperatures are recorded or forecast to be zero degrees Celsius or lower for seven consecutive days ...

The Met Office has issued further weather warnings today ...

The UK experienced a cold start to 2026, with snow and ice affecting parts of the country. The cold temperatures triggered cold weather payments for Bedfordshire. Here’s all you need to know about ...

A total of 18 ST postcodes covering Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire were triggered. While most people will receive the payments automatically, some may have to claim depending on where they live and ...

Cold weather payments worth £25 have been paid to nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter, ...

Around 1.5 million eligible households have received the £25 payments towards their heating bills during spells of sub-zero ...

January and February have been wet and cold months ...

So far, more than 1,009,000 Pension Age Winter Heating Payments have been issued ...