This means a brief cold snap or overnight frost usually isn’t enough. Temperatures must remain at or below freezing for a ...

HOUSEHOLDS should be aware of a handy Cold Weather Payment checker tool that can reveal if you’ll get a free £25 sent direct ...

To help support people during cold snaps like these, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) runs the cold weather payment ...

HUNDREDS of thousands of households are getting £25 cold weather payments to help with heating costs. It comes as a cold snap ...

Each Cold Weather Payment is £25, and there is no limit to how many payments you can receive in a winter, as long as your ...

The payments are made to eligible households every time the average temperature in their area drops below freezing for seven ...

The scheme has been triggered for the first time in 2026 after freezing temperatures hit many parts of the country ...

The freezing weather gripping the UK means some people could qualify for a cold weather payment from the government to help ...

Hundreds of schools across the country were forced to shut their gates today as a severe Arctic blast brought the first full ...

The Department for Work and Pensions triggered its first Cold Weather Payments of the winter season yesterday, with 18 ...

But, the regions north of Glasgow and Edinburgh, stretching into the Highlands, have been told that "snow and ice is likely ...

Households in 10 more postcode districts in England are eligible for Cold Weather Payments this winter and will receive £25 towards the cost of heating their homes ...