Cold Weather Payments

Cold weather payments worth £25 have once again been triggered for residents in dozens of postcode areas across England and Wales, amid freezing conditions. For some, this will be the third £25 payment this winter – meaning those eligible will get £75 in total. The payments are designed to help households pay for energy bills when temperatures plummet.

Councils are to share an extra £100 million to help them repair potholes and other storm damage, following this year's big freeze.

Almost two million households across Great Britain will receive cold weather payments of £25 each, following sub-zero temperatures across the UK last week.

Heavy snow and high winds sweeping parts of the UK have caused travel chaos in Scotland and the north of England, with London's Heathrow airport also cancelling some flights.

Freezing temperatures have triggered the first cold weather payments in Britain this winter.

Poor families struggling to heat their homes this winter are not getting the help they need from energy suppliers, a charity warned today.

Consumers have been told to get set for a bitter winter of record energy prices as they crank up their thermostats as the Big Freeze takes hold.

The freezing temperatures across the UK have triggered the first cold weather payments this winter.