Andy Burnham £150 cost-of-living payments from October

NewsCost Of LivingDWPMillions of households will get the cost-of-living boost08:21, 24 Aug 2026Millions will get a cost-of-living boost.(Image: Getty Images)A cost-of-living support scheme will be launching again over the coming weeks.‌It will see six million households get a £150 boost to help pay energy bills.‌While

ANDY Burnham has been accused of having his “head firmly planted in the sand” as the SNP say a cost-of-living “tsunami” is about to hit families, following a week of bleak economic warning signs ...

Andy Burnham will struggle to deliver “fundamental” cost of living support without raising taxes, economists have warned, after a spike in government bond yields in recent weeks. Higher than expected government borrowing in July has deepened problems for the UK’s public finances, narrowing the range of extra cost of li