The Met Office has issued further weather warnings today ...

DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area - Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year ...

Throughout the Cold Weather Payment season, the DWP operates a postcode checker allowing people to see if their postcode has experienced low enough temperatures to receive a payment.

Anyone wishing to check whether their address for Cold Weather Payments can also use the UK Government's postcode tool ...

The Cold Weather Payment scheme will be closing in a matter of weeks but over £35 million has already been paid out this winter to help vulnerable households ...

Around 1.5 million eligible households have received the £25 payments towards their heating bills during spells of sub-zero conditions in the last few months ...

Meanwhile, Morpeth weather station near Chester-le-Street recorded similar conditions for seven days in a row, with the DWP ...

Cold weather payments worth £25 have been paid to nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter, ...

January and February have been wet and cold months ...

So far, more than 1,009,000 Pension Age Winter Heating Payments have been issued ...

It’s worth checking your eligibility so you don’t miss out on money you’re entitled to ...