Households across England are being offered a collective £2,665 of cost of living payments, with up to £500 per household depending on where you live.

The money is available to various people and the government has recently encouraged state pensioners who have just missed out on a Winter Fuel Payment to claim money from the Household Support Fund where they live instead.

The scheme sees the DWP send money to local councils based on population size and deprivation statistics, who then have…