Benefits uprating

MPs’ pay rise ‘is an insult’ when ministers are freezing PIP and DLA

By John Pring on 4th March 2016 Category: Politics

MPs have been asked to defend an annual pay-rise of 1.3 per cent, at a time when disabled people will see their benefits frozen for a year. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has announced that all MPs will receive a […]

Anger at Osborne’s working-age benefits freeze

By John Pring on 11th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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Campaigners say the government’s decision to enforce a freeze on working-age benefits from April – even though older people will see their pensions increase by 2.9 per cent – will further entrench disability poverty. The annual “uprating” of working-age benefit rates […]

Benefits uprating

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