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Universal credit claimants and those in receipt of certain means-tested benefits will get £100 towards their energy bills this winter, the Welsh Government has announced. It comes as part of a new £51 million support package designed to help around 350,000 people with the cost of living. 

Universal Credit claimants and those in receipt of certain means-tested benefits will get £200 towards their energy bills, the Northern Ireland Executive has announced. It comes as part of a new £55 million support package designed to help around 280,000 people with the cost of living. 

Chancellor George Osborne announced he will uprate some working age state benefits by the planned 5.2%, in line with September's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure.

The Warm Front scheme that provides grants of up to £6,000 to insulate homes in England has reopened to new applicants.

The Warm Front scheme that provides grants of up to £6,000 to insulate homes in England has closed to new applicants until April, the Government announced today.