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

The Department for Work and Pensions triggered its first Cold Weather Payments of the winter season yesterday, with 18 postcode districts across northern England now qualifying for the £25 support.

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

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

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

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

More than 1.5 million eligible households have received a £25 DWP Cold Weather Payment this winter ...

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

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

Almost 1.5 million households have received a £25 Cold Weather Payment since December, including certain residents in Cumbria.

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