More than 125,000 people claiming disability benefits across Nottinghamshire will receive a £150 boost to help ease the cost of living crisis from next month, it was announced today. Our map shows how many will benefit where you live.
Anyone receiving one of nine disability benefits will receive the £150 payment from June 20, the DWP confirmed.
This is a separate payment to the £301 cost of living sum which was paid to eight million households.
Those payments were due to be completed by Wednesday of this week (May 17). The extra payment of £150 will go to more than 6m individuals who are in receipt of disability benefits, over a two-week period starting from June 20.
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Anyone entitled to the payment will not need to apply, they should receive the money automatically, the DWP said. That adds up to £1bn that will be used to support disabled people through the cost of living crisis. A total of six million people will receive the payment across the UK. In Nottinghamshire it will be provided for 126,800 claimants.
There are 36,200 claimants in Nottingham city alone, equating to 11 per cent of the population and costing more than £5 million. You can see how many people will benefit in your area by typing your postcode into this interactive map
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