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facebook With universal credit you can get help with things like rent, childcare and medical costs. Most schemes are open to everyone who claims. Some depend on how much you earn and if you have children. Help with rent and bills £650 cost of living payment The £650 will be paid in 2 instalments in 2022. The first instalment will be paid from July 14th. You must have been receiving or entitled to universal credit on any day between 26th April 2022 to 25th May 2022 to get it. The second instalment will be paid in the autumn. The government will announce how to qualify for it later in the year. The payments are tax free and should not affect your benefits or the benefit cap. Discretionary housing payment You can ask your council for a discretionary housing p...

dailymail All the payments that you could be entitled to as the energy price cap rises Rising costs Households in the UK are facing rising costs in energy prices, after Ofgem confirmed that the energy price cap will rise by 80% from October. The price cap will see a typical energy bill cost households £3,549 a year. It will remain in place until December 31st, when it will be adjusted once again. New data shows that nearly one in four adults won’t turn on their heating this winter, as average bills will increase. Around 23% said they would not turn their heating on at all. 7 in 10 said they would switch their heating on less, and 1 in 10 said they would take out a loan. Help available The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has some help available, including council t...

75 people have lost a total of £80,000 in the past few weeks Police are warning Police are warning parents to be wary of what they say is an ‘increasingly common’ scam involving fraudsters who pretend to be their child in trouble. The sick scam begins with people getting a message that either begins ‘Hi mum’ or ‘Hi dad’, and says they are messaging from a different, unknown phone because they have lost or damaged theirs. Police chiefs said they have seen a ‘huge rise’ in reports of the scam and said one victim had lost £10,000 to the con. Pretending to be their child Police said the fraudsters were using WhatsApp to start a conversation with their mark – and pretending to be their child. “Typically, the fraudster will send a message from a mobile phone number that the vi...