DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area - Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year ...

Cold weather payments worth £25 have been paid to nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter, ...

Around 1.5 million eligible households have received the £25 payments towards their heating bills during spells of sub-zero ...

Cold Weather Payments are meant to help vulnerable households experiencing periods of extreme weather during the winter period. The scheme will be closing in a matter of weeks but the government has ...

Anyone wishing to check whether their address for Cold Weather Payments can also use the UK Government's postcode tool ...

The Met Office has issued further weather warnings today ...

Meanwhile, Morpeth weather station near Chester-le-Street recorded similar conditions for seven days in a row, with the DWP ...

Almost 1.5 million households have received a £25 Cold Weather Payment since December, providing vital cost of living support to help people stay warm ...

January and February have been wet and cold months ...

It’s worth checking your eligibility so you don’t miss out on money you’re entitled to ...

So far, more than 1,009,000 Pension Age Winter Heating Payments have been issued ...

A total of 18 ST postcodes covering Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire have been triggered - full list ...