Here are they key dates you should know about
Millions of people in receipt of benefits will feel the effects of a 10.1 percent rise in May. That is one change this month, alongside changes to payment dates and the first cost of living payment.
So when you receive your benefits weekly, fortnightly or monthly, they aren't paid in advance, but for a previous timeframe of one, two or four weeks. That means people need a full payment cycle after April 10 to feel the effect of the rise. For benefits paid every fortnight, such as Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, and Income Support, claimants will have seen the increase take effect in April following a payment cycle that began two weeks after April 10.
What this means is that people on Universal Credit must have had a payment after an assessment period that ended within those dates. For the other benefits on the eligibility list, people must have been entitled to a payment between those dates. People will need to have received a payment of tax credits for any day between January 26 and February 25, 2023, or later found to be entitled to a payment for that period. This is the cut-off being used to decide who receives the money.
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