THOUSANDS of Brits will have benefits paid early into their bank accounts tomorrow.
Payments including Universal Credit and Child Benefit are among those that will land into some accounts on New Year’s Eve, while some workers will also receive their tax credits early.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is sending out some payments tomorrow to accommodate for the New Year’s Day bank holiday.
If you receive benefits and your payment date falls on a weekend or a bank holiday, you’ll normally be paid on the last working day before this.
Anyone who was set to receive their payment on January 1 will instead be paid on December 31.
Meanwhile, if you were meant to get paid over Christmas on December 25 26, 27 or 28, you should have received your benefits on December 24.
To see the exact date of your next payday, you can check your DWP account or your online journal.
While your payment date may change, the amount you get paid will stay the same.
This means you will have a slightly longer wait until your next payday and may need to budget to make your money stretch further.
Universal Credit and other benefits are set to rise from April, it was recently revealed in the Budget.
To keep pace with rising living costs, UC standard allowance is set to rise from £92 to £98 per week for single people, while it will rise from £145 to £154 per week for couples.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves also announced in last month’s Budget that the two-child benefit cap would be scrapped in a huge boost to larger families.
