First 2023/24 cost of living payment date

That’s me out then.

Nothing for me either. Despite being on a low income.

This doesn't mean it is the only help they will give. This is the only defined release of information I have seen but more may follow.

GagaJo

Nothing for me either. Despite being on a low income.

If it and your savings are as low as those getting the benefits you should be getting them too. If it isn't, you won't. What is your measure of a low income?

There will also be a COL payment in the summer for people in receipt of disability benefits, and an additional payment for those who get the Winter fuel payment in the autumn.

And people forget all the payments that have been made to help with fuel and the cost of living whilst bashing the government.
I thought you were working GagaJo.

Thanks for this information DaisyAnne

Germanshepherdsmum

And people forget all the payments that have been made to help with fuel and the cost of living whilst bashing the government.
I thought you were working GagaJo.

You are so right. I know people who bash the Govt all the time until I remind them that they have been treated very generously with Winter Fuel Payments, Cost of Living payments and a good rise in state pensions.

I have a friend who is forever posting negative stuff and I remind her that her grandchildren get free school meals and free nursery places …. None of which were around years ago.

How many years are you talking about Primrose? Free school meals have been around for decades - and the eligibility criteria were more generous too.

Germanshepherdsmum

And people forget all the payments that have been made to help with fuel and the cost of living whilst bashing the government.
I thought you were working GagaJo.

No, I haven't forgotten. I've received my non-means tested fuel payments, just like everybody else and I've factored them into my monthly budget. They haven't covered the increases in my bills.

I don't receive any additional help, despite my income being low enough for Housing Benefit. Go figure!

We've had high inflation for months, but my first state pension increase won't be until 8th May (most people will be the same or very similar).

I thought you had a fairly well off partner growstuff?

So the government assistance hasn’t covered the increases in your bills - what do you expect? Aren’t you pleased that you and other people have had significant help?

growstuff

We've had high inflation for months, but my first state pension increase won't be until 8th May (most people will be the same or very similar).

But you will still get 13 payments at that rate in the financial year, just like everyone else. You do sound as if you are looking for things to complain about when in fact you are being treated just like everyone else.

I would worry much more about someone who doesn't claim or doesn't even know they can.

Germanshepherdsmum

I thought you had a fairly well off partner growstuff?

So the government assistance hasn’t covered the increases in your bills - what do you expect? Aren’t you pleased that you and other people have had significant help?

I don't know about being "pleased". I would rather have had an efficient and effective government in the first place. They have done what they have done and much of it isn't "great".

Grateful then, if you prefer. Unfortunately some people always complain.

Germanshepherdsmum

Grateful then, if you prefer. Unfortunately some people always complain.

Do you actually feel grateful? A government is there to serve, not to act like Lords of the Manor who need cap-doffing when they get something vaguely right. It's our money they are using, not their own!

Spot on DaisyAnne.

Maizie would tell you it’s money they have created. I don’t feel grateful because I haven’t needed the extra money but I’m pleased that people who do need help have received help. The government have provided a lot of assistance during covid and the increased cost of living. I don’t call that ‘acting like Lords of the Manor’.

Not 'grateful' - no, they've only done what they really had to do. People should have enough money to live on, not rely on one off payments. We live in a rich country, after all.

It doesn't apply to us but it's good of you to share the information DaisyAnne as I'm sure others will find it useful.

We also live in extraordinary circumstances with global inflation Hetty. I find it amazing that no gratitude is shown for the help that has been given.

Gratitude - to whom?

The government had to be pushed into providing Cost of Living help - remember Sunak's original plan was to give us all a £200 loan!

Germanshepherdsmum

Maizie would tell you it’s money they have created. I don’t feel grateful because I haven’t needed the extra money but I’m pleased that people who do need help have received help. The government have provided a lot of assistance during covid and the increased cost of living. I don’t call that ‘acting like Lords of the Manor’.

I think you should let Maizie know when you use her name to back the grovelling you see to expect to see from others.

If this government had not been so destructive perhaps we would see those who propelled it in that direction as you do. But many of the problems you say they have given some assistance for were originally of their making.

I expect some people have felt relieved, less anxious and less mentally destroyed. I would be relieved if someone raised a gun towards me and then decided not to shoot me. Why I should feel gratitude towards them or pleasure about their actions is beyond me. I would still want them punished for their original behaviour.

Hetty58

Not 'grateful' - no, they've only done what they really had to do. People should have enough money to live on, not rely on one off payments. We live in a rich country, after all.

Well said, Hetty.