Plummeting temperatures have prompted the first cold weather payments of the winter in England and Wales as the relentless Arctic blast freezes the UK. If the mercury drops to 0°C or below for seven ...

DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area - Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year ...

The Met Office has issued further weather warnings today ...

Cold Weather Payments are designed to support vulnerable households during spells of severe weather throughout the winter ...

Payments are issued when temperatures are recorded or forecast to be zero degrees Celsius or lower for seven consecutive days ...

Cold Weather Payments are meant to help vulnerable households experiencing periods of extreme weather during the winter period. The scheme will be closing in a matter of weeks but the government has ...

Plummeting temperatures across the UK has triggered the first Cold Weather Payments of 2024. Around 10,000 residents across 19 postcode areas in Cumbria, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK is experiencing continued cold temperatures, as well as its first named storm of 2026. The Met Office has issued several ...

Meanwhile, Morpeth weather station near Chester-le-Street recorded similar conditions for seven days in a row, with the DWP ...

Cold weather payments worth £25 have been paid to nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter, ...

January and February have been wet and cold months ...