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TL:DR
- Many families face financial stress this Christmas due to the ongoing cost of living crisis.
- Over 14 million adults in the UK will struggle to afford holiday expenses, leading to increased borrowing.
- Payment dates for benefits have been adjusted due to bank holidays.
- Key benefits like Universal Credit, Attendance Allowance, and Carer’s Allowance will be paid on December 23 if due on Christmas Eve, Day, or Boxing Day.
- New Year’s Day payments will also be made on December 31.
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The festive period can be an expensive affair as people want to treat their loved ones and visit family and friends.
Many have been budgeting to try to afford all the additional expenses this Christmas on top of their daily necessities. Some families are borrowing money from loan sharks to survive Christmas.
Holidays can be particularly stressful for those relying on state benefits or a pension, especially when paired with the lingering cost of living crisis to add to the pressure.
More than one in four adults in the UK – around 14 million people – will struggle to afford Christmas this year, the debt charity Step Change warned.
This would lead to higher borrowing and more time taken to clear off credit card debt, it added.
But knowing when payments will be made might ease anxiety around money a little bit.
Here is a roundup of the upcoming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC payment dates.
When are benefits paid over Christmas?
With Christmas and New Year’s Eve falling in the middle of the week this year, many payments are likely to be made on the previous working day, so payments normally due on December 25 will hit bank accounts on December 24.
There are also differences between England and Scotland payment dates.
Universal Credit Christmas payments
Universal Credit is paid monthly and the payment dates this year are a bit different to many other benefits.
Payments due on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day should be done on Christmas Eve.
If the payment is due on New Year’s Day, it should be paid the previous day on New Year’s Eve, December 31, which is a Wednesday.
Recipients in Scotland with a payment date on January 2 can expect it to be made on that day.
Attendance allowance
The allowance, which is paid to those with a long-term physical or mental condition or disability, is usually paid monthly.
When the payment is due on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day , recipients can expect the money on December 23.
Carer’s allowance
Next up is the carer’s allowance, which is usually paid weekly in advance or every four weeks.
For payments due Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day, money should appear in the bank account on Tuesday, December 23. Allowance due on New Year’s Day should be paid on New Year’s Eve, December 31.
In Scotland, payments due January 2 should be made on December 31.
Child benefit
Payments – usually done every four weeks or weekly by the HMRC depending on the situation – are generally made on a Monday or Tuesday, which fall on a regular weekday this year.
For anyone with a payment due on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, they should receive the money on Wednesday.
Disability living allowance
Similar to the other benefits, the disability living allowance payment date is Tuesday, December 23 if the due date is either Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
Meanwhile, payments due on New Year’s Day (England) and January 2 (Scotland) will be made the day before on New Year’s Eve.
Employment and support allowance
This allowance is generally paid every two weeks.
Payments will be made on Tuesday, December 23, if the due date is either Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
If the payment date is New Year’s Day (England) or January 2 (Scotland), it should be made on New Year’s Eve, December 31.
What about pension payment dates over Christmas?
State pension and pension credit payments are typically made every four weeks.
For state pension, the exact date depends on your National Insurance number.
The NI numbers and payment dates are:
- 00 to 19: Monday
- 20 to 39: Tuesday
- 40 to 59: Wednesday
- 60 to 79: Thursday
- 80 to 99: Friday
When a payment due date falls on a bank holiday like Christmas Day on a Wednesday this year, payments will be made on the previous working day.
Income support
Income support is paid to individuals on low or no income who receive financial help but are not unemployed.
For payments due Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day, money should appear on the bank account on Tuesday, December 23.
If the due date is New Year’s Day, which is a bank holiday, or January 2 (Scotland), the payment should be made on New Year’s Eve, December 31, which is a Wednesday.
Jobseeker’s allowance
Payments are usually made every two weeks, and over the festive period it will be made on Tuesday, December 23, if the payment is due either Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
If the payment date is New Year’s Day or January 2 (Scotland), it should be made on New Year’s Eve.
Maternity allowance
Recipients are paid every two or four weeks.
Similar to other benefits, if the payment date is Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day, payments are made on Tuesday, December 23, so that people don’t have to wait until after the bank holiday.
New Year’s Day payments and January 2 payments (Scotland) will be made on New Year’s Eve, December 31.
Personal independence payment (PIP)
The PIP is typically paid every four weeks.
For payments due Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day, money should appear in the bank account on Tuesday, December 23.
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September 14, 2024
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To have to pull out of an Olympics on the eve of being set to compete is not a nice thing to have to do, but I’m back and setting my sights on the future.
I took a holiday and am beginning to move on after my hamstring injury denied me the chance to run in Paris and go for a first Olympic medal. It’s not been an easy time, for sure.
My girlfriend and I went to Sardinia for a break after I had to admit defeat and pull out of the 800metres but the Olympics was inescapable. It was on in all the bars and naturally you get invested in the sport you’re watching.
It is not an easy thing to avoid! But both of us really got into it. It looked like a class Games and I wanted to know how people were getting on and watched the 800m. What an event. The final looked tough.
In the 1500m, I was surprised by Cole Hocker’s victory but the American always had a chance of gold as he is a quick finisher.
On form, it looked like Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s to lose at the bell and that was also true until 100m to go. But you can never underestimate the quality of the athletes behind. It was insane to see four people sprinting in a race that was so quick and in which Josh Kerr ran a British record.
I’m really pleased for Josh and what he achieved in Paris, and look forward to sharing the track with him again soon.
Not being able to compete was sad for me, the cruellest of ways for my journey to Paris to end. I’d been through a lot over the past couple of years and the calf injury I’d had before the British trials had to be handled carefully.
What I decided to do was a three-week crash course of training in St Moritz. I still felt competing could be a risk but it was one I was prepared to take.
Training for the 800 is really hard on the body but I’d just had one of the best sessions I’ve ever had, only for my glute to tighten in the last 200m.
I had a scan the next day and my doctor asked me to do a Zoom call with him at 6pm the same day. I knew it could be the worst news. There were no pleasantries, no small talk like usual, just straight down to business. It became pretty clear I wouldn’t be racing at the Olympics.
Jake Wightman beats Jakob Ingebrigtsen to the 1500m world title in 2022 and hopes to be challenging for top honours again soon (Picture: PA)
I knew I was in shape for what I wanted to do so that part doesn’t hurt, I just struggled to keep my body together. When it lets you down it’s easier to process in some ways. I didn’t miss the Games because I wasn’t good enough.
So what next? I’ve now had time to re-evaluate and at 30 my priority has to be medical support so I am relocating to Manchester in a bid to squeeze as much as I can out of my remaining years in the sport.
I feel I need to be closer to my physio there because I can’t have a third straight year like this in 2025 with a world championships in a year’s time.
I’ve decided I will aim to be at the LA Olympics in 2028 but I will take it year by year. I know it would be very difficult to come back if I had another big injury.
Now it’s about proving I can still do it and I want to do another Olympic cycle.
Now it’s about proving I can still do it and I want to do another Olympic cycle. Our only athletics gold in Paris came from Keely Hodgkinson, who is based in Manchester, and every physio I’ve ever had is up there so something has been telling me it’s time for a change.
I’ll still be coached by my Dad Geoff despite the move and I know we’ll make it work.
I fully intend to return to the level I know I can compete at over the coming months and be competitive and give myself a shot at Los Angeles. It’s time to move on.
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If you ever come across Dame Joanna Lumley, do not do this… (Picture: Daniel Loveday/Comic Relief/Getty Images)
Dame Joanna Lumley dubbed it ‘creepy’ when fans take secret photographs of her.
The Absolutely Fabulous star, 77, is always happy to get a picture with a passer-by – as long as she knows about it.
What she can’t stand is when people film or take pictures of her without her permission.
She also has a brilliant reaction when she notices people doing just that.
‘I never mind doing photographs with people, but what I don’t like is when they steal them,’ she explained to Sky News.
‘They don’t ask, you can just see them quietly at a dinner table, going like that [gestures taking a photo] across the restaurant.
Dame Joanna doesn’t like it when fans take secret photos of her (Picture: Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
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‘I walk over and say, “Shall we do a proper picture?” And they get a bit flustered and say, “Oh, I didn’t want to disturb you,” you know? But that’s creepy.’
Dame Joanna finds the constant use of cameras on phones ‘intrusive’ and said it gives her the feeling everyone is being watched to some extent nowadays.
But it’s not just fans this certified national treasure has a problem with in this respect – she doesn’t even like supermarket CCTV cameras.
‘There’s a feeling of being watched, if you’re in a room where there’s a camera – you know you’re being watched… it’s odd,’ she explained.
Dame Joanna is stars in the hit Netflix show of the moment, Fool Me Once, alongside Michelle Keegan.
The Harlan Coben thriller follows Maya Stern (Michelle) as she tries to come to terms with her husband Joe’s murder.
Enter mother-in-law Judith Burkett, who is expertly portrayed by Dame Joanna with her trademark wit and feisty character.
Dame Joanna stars in Netflix’s Fool Me Once alongside Michelle Keegan (Picture: ishal Sharma/Netflix)
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The thriller also stars Utopia actor Adeel Akhtar, the BBC’s His Dark Materials actress Jade Anouka, and The Hobbit trilogy star Richard Armitage.
Judith and Maya have a fractured relationship in the series, and Coronation Street star Michelle previously said it was difficult saying some of her lines to such an iconic actor as Dame Joanna.
Speaking on The One Show, Admitted admitted she dreaded having to fire expletives at Dame Joanna, as she said: ‘Honestly, when I read the script, I was like, “Oh no, oh no!”‘
‘We had a bit of a laugh, didn’t we, when we were rehearsing? I don’t think I said it when we were in rehearsals, I was like, “I can’t! I can’t!”‘
Dame Joanna admitted it was a shock, as she added: ‘When it’s not used very often, bad language comes… it slaps out of the screen at you, it does.’
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