and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people s pockets can go further. data suggests that some families will once again be struggling this winter with energy costs off the back of another difficult one. how do you target that support to help those people? it s really important that we do target our support to the most vulnerable in society, and that s what we re doing. so the national living wage has gone up by around £1,400 for those on the lowest earnings. pensioners are receiving an extra £300 this winter alongside their winter fuel payment and everyone on universal credit is receiving £900 in direct cost of living support, because i want to make sure the most vulnerable in our society do get that extra help. even as the energy prices are coming down, we want to keep providing that help, because bills are still high. other political parties have been less impressed by the price cap, placing the blame on the government for the increase in costs over the last couple