Rising in line with inflation since its launch in 1972, the annual one-off payment would be worth over £165 today.
More than 12,300 people have signed an online petition calling on the UK Government to increase the annual £10 Christmas Bonus payment in line with inflation. The tax-free £10 payment has been paid to millions of benefit claimants since it was introduced by Ted Heath’s Conservative Government in 1972.
Even though the petition was created nearly a year ago on Change.org by Shona McMahon when the Conservatives were still in government, some 12,340 people have shown their support for the proposal. The DWP will make this as a separate payment, independent of your scheduled State Pension or benefit payment, so it may arrive on a different day.
Who is eligible for the £10 Christmas Bonus? To qualify for the Christmas Bonus you must be present or ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man, Gibraltar, during the qualifying week, which this year is expected to be December 2 - 8, 2024 - we will update this article once the qualifying week has been confirmed later this year.
Not everyone over State Pension age will get the payment, DWP guidance on GOV.UK explains: “If you have not claimed your State Pension and are not entitled to one of the other qualifying benefits you will not get a Christmas Bonus.”
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