People who get certain benefits could be entitled to a £10 Christmas Bonus payment - though some will argue it is not enough to keep up with the rising cost of living

The Christmas Bonus is a one-off £10 payment that is made by the Department of Work and Pensions ( DWP ) - but has been criticised over the years for failing to meet the needs of its recipients.

The annual one-off payment is made to people who are receiving at least one of a raft of eligible benefits during the qualifying period, which is typically the first full week of December. The payment is widely accessible as it comes with more than two dozen benefits , and anyone "ordinarily resident" in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Gibraltar can receive it during the qualifying week.

But the Christmas bonus has

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