News that state benefits are about to be overhauled – as the Department of Work and Pensions publishes its welfare reform bill – may be unwelcome for many.
The bill aims to cut benefits by £5bn a year and encourage more people into work.
Household budgets are already under increasing pressure as the cost of food and household goods continues to climb.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed food and non-alcoholic drink prices rose by 4.4 per cent in the year to May, which was the highest level in more than a year.
However, for claimants, there remains some certainty for the month ahead, as payment dates for state benefits and the pension remain largely unchanged, with the exception of Northern Ireland.
When will benefits be paid in July?
Benefits payments are usually made straight to the bank, building society or credit union account of the claimant.
When a payment date falls on a weekend or a bank holiday, then the Department for Work and Pensions says the claimant is generally paid on the working day before.
In Northern Ireland, benefit payments are administered by the region’s Department for Communities, and in the event of a bank holiday, payments are also made on the last working day before a bank holiday.
There are no bank holidays in England, Scotland or Wales in the month of July but there is one on 14 July in Northern Ireland.
The Twelfth of July is marked in Northern Ireland in celebration of the Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) and is a public holiday. But as the 12th falls on a Saturday this year, the bank holiday will transfer to the following Monday.
It means that for residents in Northern Ireland benefit payments which are due on Monday 14 July are now likely to be paid on Friday 11 July.
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