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Energy bills will be capped at £2,500 a year for a typical household from 1 October 2022 for the next two winters, Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced. A £400 energy rebate will also continue to be paid as planned from October. Here's MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis' round-up.

Around 1.1 million people who claim tax credits will get their first £326 cost of living payment from today (2 September). Below we breakdown who's eligible and how you'll be paid, plus what to do if you don't receive your payment but think you should. 

MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has called on the two remaining Conservative Party leadership candidates to take immediate action over spiralling energy costs on the day they enter Number 10 – otherwise the risk to people's mental and physical health will be "unthinkable". Martin's plea comes as energy regulator Ofgem today confirmed the energy price cap will rise by 80%.

School leavers getting their A-level results this week should be aware that deferring for a year means they'll be on the new student finance system being introduced in England in September 2023, and will repay their loan for a much longer period, potentially costing £10,000s more.

The Government must "immediately" update its energy bills support package to provide additional help that is better targeted towards the most vulnerable, a cross-party group of MPs have said in a new report published today.

Some 400,000 households in Scotland will receive £50 annually to help towards winter heating costs, irrespective of weather conditions. It replaces the Cold Weather Payment, which only pays out if temperatures fall below zero degrees over seven consecutive days. 

If you’re aged 55 or over and have a UK-based workplace or private pension pot that you've paid into that you want to access for the first time or transfer elsewhere, you must now be offered guidance from the free impartial Government service, Pension Wise.

Thousands of public sector workers in England could soon see their redundancy packages cut under new rules set out by the Government that will see additional "special severance payments" (SSPs) drastically reduced. Here is all you need to know.

Tory MP Steve Barclay has unveiled plans to launch an app that will make it much easier for Brits to access Government services, such as claiming benefits and changing a driving licence. The hope is the smartphone app will use facial recognition or fingerprint scanning tools to verify people's identities.

Close to two million households in Scotland will be given £150 to help cushion against the cost of living crisis. The money will be given to those in council tax bands A to D and those eligible for council tax reductions.