Millions of people in the UK who receive government benefits will see increases from April 2025, aligned with the 1.7% inflation rate for September 2024. The state pension will rise by 4.1%, adhering to the triple lock guarantee. Universal Credit, Child Benefits, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, and Pension Credit are also set for increases.
As 2025 gets underway millions of people across the UK who receive a form of benefit are set to see them increase from April. Current estimates are that 19.7 million households, making up around 39.5 million people, receive at one DWP or HMRC benefit.
In September 2024 this was confirmed as being 1.7 percent, according to the consumer price index. This will therefore be the rate at which benefits linked to inflation will increase in April 2025, the Mirror reports. But the state pension is not the only benefit which is set to increase. Others include Universal Credit, Child Benefits, and Disability Living Allowance.Universal Credit Universal Credit replaces six older legacy benefits - including Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance and Housing Benefit. Over six million people in the UK claim universal credit.
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