State pensioners set to receive £300 cost of living payment – how to claim | Personal Finance | Finance

Payment windows will be broadly as follows:

£301 – First 2023/24 Cost of Living Payment – during Spring 2023
£150 – 2023 Disability Payment – during Summer 2023
£300 – Second 2023/24 Cost of Living Payment – during Autumn 2023
£300 – 2023 Pensioner Payment – during Winter 2023/24
£299 – Third 2023/24 Cost of Living Payment – during Spring 2024

People do not need to apply for the upcoming cost of living payments.

The Government confirmed: “Eligible individuals do not need to apply for payments, as they are made automatically.

“Those eligible for cost of living payments through tax credits, and no other means-tested benefits, will be paid by HMRC shortly after DWP payments are made.”