New £900 cost of living payment cannot be more frequent due to ‘clunky’ computer systems
The reason more regular cost of living payments cannot be made is a result of ‘clunky government systems’ according to the Treasury Committee. It highlighted constraints within the Department for Work and Pensions payments system as an obstacle to payments being more frequent.
The MPs argued that smaller, more frequent support payments would smooth the “cliff-edges” which arise when someone who earns just one pound too much, or becomes eligible for a benefit a day too late, receives no support. Further “mop-up” payments for some of the qualifying benefits are also expected to be made, if an entitlement that would qualify someone for a payment is later established to have existed.
Harriett Baldwin, chair of the Treasury Committee, said it is “disappointing to hear that clunky systems will prevent the delivery of six regular support payments next winter”.
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