Throughout the Cold Weather Payment season, the DWP operates a postcode checker allowing people to see if their postcode has experienced low enough temperatures to receive a payment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK is experiencing continued cold temperatures, as well as its first named storm of 2026. The Met Office has issued several ...

Bitter winds and storms have led to four million receiving the £25 payment to cover the extra costs of heating homes during ...

As the UK is hit with freezing temperatures, some households may be eligible for a special payment for cold weather. If the mercury drops to 0°C or below for seven days in a row in a particular ...

The seasonal benefit will be coming to a close in a matter of weeks ...

Plummeting temperatures across the UK has triggered the first Cold Weather Payments of 2024. Around 10,000 residents across 19 postcode areas in Cumbria, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, will ...