Are you on government benefits? Explore our Social tariff broadband deals for affordable broadband.
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Social tariffs are discounted broadband deals for households claiming certain benefits. Prices typically sit between £10 and £25 a month, and the discount is not a short-term promotion that rolls off after a few months. You are likely to qualify if you receive:
Three rules are worth knowing before you apply. The person receiving the qualifying benefit must be the account holder named on the contract. Providers usually verify your status electronically with the Department for Work and Pensions when you apply. And you can usually move to or leave a social tariff without paying exit fees. Most social tariffs have flat pricing; where a provider has scheduled a price change, we show it clearly on the deal.
The full list of available tariffs is published on Ofcom’s social tariffs page, and Which? has a helpful provider-by-provider guide to eligibility and how to apply.
Social tariffs might be the best kept secret in UK broadband. Ofcom research published in April 2023 estimated that around 4.3 million UK households qualified for one, yet only about 220,000, roughly 5%, had actually signed up. More than half of eligible households did not know these deals existed at all.
The money at stake is real. Ofcom put the average saving at around £200 a year compared with a standard deal, and around 85% of eligible customers can now move to a social tariff with their existing provider without paying a penny to switch. Take-up quadrupled in the year after January 2022 as more providers launched tariffs, but the overwhelming majority of qualifying households are still paying full price.
Part of the problem is that providers do not always make these deals easy to find. Ofcom found that only a small minority of eligible customers heard about social tariffs from their own provider, and has pushed the industry to promote them properly. That is why we surface them here: the deals above are live social tariffs, and clicking one will ask for your postcode so you can see exactly what is available at your address.
Every successful switch through Switchity plants 2 trees through our verified reforestation partner, Ecologi. Our switchers have already captured over 9,000 kg of CO₂ and released nearly 46,350 kg of oxygen annually.
Savings estimated from the typical bill our exit-fee calculator users report against comparable deals on our panel, per confirmed switch.
See every UK social tariff in one place, cheapest first. No postcode needed, and no commission taken.
See all social tariffsEvery switch through Switchity supports reforestation and saves our community money on their broadband.
Savings are estimates: the typical bill our exit-fee calculator users report against comparable deals on our panel, applied per confirmed switch. Ofcom finds in-contract broadband customers pay £7 to £9 a month less than out-of-contract customers (February 2026).
