Cold weather payments are extra one-off payments of £25 which are paid out if the average temperature where you live drops to 0˚C – zero degrees centigrade – or lower seven or more consecutive days. Last winter, 2023-2024, at least 600,000 cold weather payments were made in England and Wales …
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