As of 3 January, the Department of Work and Pensions has been distributing cold weather payments of £25 per week to those on low incomes in areas of Cumbria, Northumberland and parts of England on the Scottish border.
To qualify, you must live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, and already be receiving certain benefits, including:
Pension Credit Income Support Income-based Job Seekers’ Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Universal Credit – although there are certain exceptions Support for Mortgage InterestThe £25 cold weather payments are made each week as long as temperatures remain freezing.
The Met Office has issued yellow and amber warnings for snow and ice across much of the UK over the weekend. Yellow warning for snow and ice are in place across southern and eastern Scotland until Monday but no further warnings have been issued so far for the rest of the week.
How to read weather warnings as multiple alerts issued across the UK
Read More“Northern England and southern Scotland are where we’re expecting it to be coldest. We’re expecting quite large snowfall accumulation across Northern England over the next 24 hours and because of how cold it’s going to be a lot of that snow will stick around throughout next week or slowly turn to ice.
The long-range forecast from 9 to 18 January warns of “widespread frost and an ongoing risk of ice”. Later in the month there are “hints that it may become milder”, the Met Office said.
Eskdalemuir recorded the lowest temperature in Scotland, with -6.4°C.
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