The Conservatives and Labour have committed to maintaining the Triple Lock guarantee on State Pensions until 2030. The Times recently reported that Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride MP, said the Triple Lock would “almost certainly” be in next year’s Conservative manifesto.The Triple Lock determines the level of uprating for the State Pension and pays the highest between September’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate, earnings growth, or 2.5%.
Once the Secretary of State has completed his review of the increase in prices, he must also decide whether to up-rate other benefits, and if so, by how much.The Bank of England's current September CPI forecast is 7%, which would see another bumper boost next April for people on the Basic and New State Pension over the 2024/25 financial year.
This might also see disability benefits rise by the same uprating, but even an uplift of 2.5% would give people on the maximum awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult Disability Payment (ADP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Child Disability Payment, receive over £708 every four-week pay period.At present, people claiming any of the disability benefits mentioned above receive between £26.90 and £172.75 each week in additional financial support from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or Social Security Scotland.
As the benefits are usually paid every four weeks, this amounts to between £107.60 and £691 every payment period. An annual uprating of 2.5% would see some of the country’s most vulnerable people receive between: An uprating of 7% would see people receive between: People over State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance currently receive either £68.10 (lower rate) or £101.75
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