DWP's one-off £10 payment for certain benefit recipients due by year-end
Nearly 24 million people across the UK are currently claiming at least one benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This figure includes 13 million older people receiving State Pension payments, 5.7 million on Universal Credit, and 3.7 million Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants.
However, many people, including those newly eligible for the State Pension, or those receiving disability benefits such as the new devolved Pension Age Disability Payment, or Adult/Child Disability Payment, may not be aware of an annual bonus paid to certain benefit claimants before Christmas.
The DWP 'Christmas Bonus' is a one-off, tax-free payment of £10 made to people receiving certain benefits - but not Univer