Cost of Living Payments 2023 to 2024 – a summary

Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.
The information below has been extracted from a recently updated government paper which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment .
Low income benefits and tax credits Cost of Living Payment

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Get Help to Buy Food & Milk (‘Healthy Start’ Scheme)

There is help available from the government for pregnant women and parents of young children on low incomes to buy food and milk.
However, a recent switch from a paper process to an online process has led to a very low take-up of this vital provision.
Below are the basic

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Getting Help with Health Costs – the NHS Low Income Scheme

As budgets are squeezed it is important to know what help is out there for those on a low income. Here we look at the NHS’s Low Income Scheme; a scheme for helping low income households with NHS costs like prescription charges, dental charges, eye test costs and the costs

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Registering to Vote & New Rules on Voter ID for In-person Voting

Local elections are coming to Coventry in May and there are new requirements for those wishing to vote in-person in a polling station on election day.
Below are some key tips on:

Registering to Vote
Alternatives to voting in-person on election day at a Polling Station, and
New rules

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Big Energy Saving Week – part II: The Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS) – claiming £400 worth of energy support before it’s too late.

On May 27th 2022, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the Government would convert an earlier proposal to support all energy customers with a £200 repayable ‘discount’ on their energy bills for winter 2022-23 with a £400 non-repayable discount.
The support, applied to household electricity bills, would start

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