{"id":5480,"date":"2023-11-29T07:18:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T07:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=5480"},"modified":"2023-11-29T07:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T07:18:35","slug":"brits-offered-10-christmas-bonus-for-rising-costs-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/brits-offered-10-christmas-bonus-for-rising-costs-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits offered \u00a310 Christmas Bonus for ‘rising costs’ this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Every year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offers a Christmas bonus to people who receive certain benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bonus is normally issued in early December and is worth \u00a310. The payment’s goal is to assist people with additional costs, but it has garnered a lot of criticism over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Claimants have previously described the modest sum as “ludicrous” and “a joke” in light of escalating expenditures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The one-time, tax-free incentive was originally implemented in 1972 as part of the Pensioners’ and Family Income Supplement Payments Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Except for 2008, when it was temporarily increased to \u00a370 to help people during the financial meltdown, the bonus has remained at \u00a310 since its inception five decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DWP will once again pay the cash this year to people who live or are a “ordinarily resident” in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Gibraltar receiving one of the qualifying benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the DWP website, these include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DWP further states that those who have not claimed their State Pension and are not eligible for one of the other qualifying benefits will not be eligible for the bonus.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offers a Christmas bonus to people who receive certain benefits. The bonus is normally issued in early December and is worth … <\/p>\n