Around 300,000 people have not claimed a £150 cost of living payment - and Martin Lewis is urging them to be quick as the deadline approaches.
The financial expert was back hosting The Martin Lewis Money Show on ITV on Tuesday night, when he urged households to claim the cash. Councils are giving out the £150 payments to help tide people over during the Cost of Living crisis.
But 300,000 households have not claimed this - and the deadline is November 30. Around 19.1 million have already received their payment.
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If you pay your council tax bill by direct debit, your £150 payment will have been automatically paid. If you don't pay your council tax by direct debit, you'll need to contact your local council to claim the payment, reports Birmingham Live.
The Government previously extended the deadline from September 30 to November 30. But Martin warned there won't be any further extension after November 30.
Mr Lewis said previously: "I think the logic of using council tax as a mechanism is sound, as energy bills are household bills, yet most tax routes are about individuals, so council tax is a decent proxy as bands A-D reach many lower and middle-income households – though as the Chancellor admitted to me, it's not a perfect system as some get it who don't need it, some miss it who do."
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