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 ...

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 ...

Households in 18 postcode districts in northern England are eligible for the first Cold Weather Payments of the winter and ...

The Met Office is forecasting heavy snow and ice for much of the country on Tuesday (January 6), following hundreds of school ...

The DWP says around 674,000 homes in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland will be eligible for the £25 payments ...

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

The UK government has shared advice for parents who want to find out whether their child's school will be open the following ...

Parents were forced to keep children home as hundreds of schools in Wales, South West England, Scotland and Northern Ireland ...