Pension\u00a0and benefit payments\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0brought\u00a0forward to\u00a0Friday\u00a028th\u00a0August\u00a0to account for bank holiday.<\/p>\n
Comes ahead of the new school year,\u00a0allowing\u00a0families and carers to plan their spending with confidence.<\/p>\n
Early payments ensure millions have the breathing space they need ahead of bank holiday.<\/p>\n
Millions of people will receive\u00a0essential financial support before the August bank holiday weekend, as the Government has confirmed that benefit payments will be brought forward to Friday\u00a028\u00a0August.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0early payment\u00a0arrangement\u00a0will apply to all major benefits including Universal Credit, State Pension, Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, Carer\u2019s Allowance, and Disability Living Allowance, ensuring that payments originally scheduled for 31st\u00a0August reach recipients on time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This\u00a0will provide financial certainty for families as they prepare for the new school year, allowing parents and\u00a0carers\u00a0to plan their spending with confidence, particularly at a time when the cost of living is high.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It comes as the Prime Minister\u2019s\u00a0is delivering on his\u00a0pledge to give families\u00a0breathing space\u00a0with\u00a0a raft of announcements to tackle the cost of living\u00a0including capping bus fares at \u00a32, cutting tax on household energy\u00a0bills\u00a0and ending subscription traps\u00a0with new \u201ceasy to exit\u201d rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms said:\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019re pleased to confirm that benefit payments due on the August bank holiday will be paid earlier. This will help ensure families and older people receive their money without disruption over the bank holiday period.<\/p>\n
This Government is determined to ensure people up and down the country have the support and breathing room they need, which is why we\u2019ve acted to take money off energy bills,\u00a0increase the National Minimum Wage\u00a0and lift half a million children out of poverty,\u00a0as well as\u00a0supporting people into\u00a0good, secure\u00a0jobs.<\/p>\n
The government is supporting families and tackling the cost-of-living head on by:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Providing free school meals to every single child from a household that claims Universal Credit \u2013 a historic step backed by over \u00a31 billion in funding that will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Expanding childcare and rolling out free breakfast clubs across the country and giving parents back up to 95 hours a year and saving them \u00a3450.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Increasing the national living wage – worth \u00a3900 a year from next year for a full-time worker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taking \u00a3150 of costs off energy bills for the years ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our\u00a0landmark Child Poverty Strategy,\u00a0which\u00a0will lift 550,000 children out of poverty in 2030 through schemes such as Free School Meals\u00a0and\u00a0expanding childcare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our \u00a31bn Crisis and Resilience Fund, which\u00a0will act\u00a0as\u00a0a genuine safety net to prevent families from falling into crises,\u00a0giving\u00a0local\u00a0authorities the funding and flexibility to design support that works for their communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As we bear down on the cost of living,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0also supporting\u00a0sick or disabled\u00a0people\u00a0into good, secure jobs\u00a0backed by\u00a0\u00a33.5billion by the\u00a0end of the parliament. This includes\u00a0Connect to Work\u00a0which is\u00a0now\u00a0operating\u00a0in every area of the country \u2013 unlocking work, helping people to move out of\u00a0poverty\u00a0and driving growth in every postcode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019re also deployed 1,000 Pathways to Work advisers who are supporting people on Universal Credit with no requirement\u00a0to look for work, move closer to jobs, as well as\u00a0working\u00a0with employers to deliver our Jobs Guarantee, ensuring every young person has the chance to earn or learn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additional information<\/p>\n
Benefit\u00a0payments originally due on Monday\u00a031\u00a0August 2026\u00a0will be paid early on\u00a0Friday\u00a028\u00a0August 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Applies across the entire United Kingdom (Scotland follows the same principle despite different bank holiday arrangements).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The full list of benefits\u00a0impacted:\u00a0Universal Credit, State Pension, Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, Carer\u2019s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Income Support, Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance, and Pension Credit, Employment Support Allowance,\u00a0and Industrial Injuries Compensation Scheme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pension\u00a0and benefit payments\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0brought\u00a0forward to\u00a0Friday\u00a028th\u00a0August\u00a0to account for bank holiday. Comes ahead of the new school year,\u00a0allowing\u00a0families and carers to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-737355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}