It was announced on 17 November that there will be further support for the most vulnerable. It is planned that the cost of living support will be worth £26 billion in 2023-24.
Means-tested benefits
One of the ways the most vulnerable will receive this support is if any household on means-tested benefits will receive a Cost of Living Payment of £900 in 2023-24. This payment will help more than 8 million households in the UK.
Following benefits that will receive this payment
Universal Credit
Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Income Support
Pension Credit
Working Tax Credit
Child Tax Credit
Pension
Pensioners will also receive additional help. This will come as a payment of £300 Cost of Living Payment in 2023-24.
This will come alongside a 10.1% increase to their State Pension in April 2023. This is due to the triple lock which means that it was decided that pensions will increase alongside inflation. This increase in State Pensions will help nearly 2 million pensioners.
Overall this means that pensioners on a full basic State Pension will increase from £141.85 per week to £156.20 per week. Then pensioners on new State Pension will increase from £185.15 per week to £203.85 per week.
There will also be help for 1.4 million pensioners on Pension Credit by increasing it by 10.1% in April 2023.
Disability
More than 6 million people will also receive a £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment in 2023-24.
This includes everyone eligible for
Disability Living Allowance
Personal Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
Scottish Disability Benefits
Armed Forces Independence Payment
Constant Attendance Allowance
War Pension Mobility Supplement
Benefit Cap
To further help those on benefits, the government has announced that the benefit cap will rise with inflation by 10.1%. This means the benefit cap will rise from £20,000 to £22,020 nationally, and families in Greater London having their cap rise from 23,000 to £25,323.
Single households without children will also rise from £13,400 to £13,753 nationally and £15,410 to £16,967 in Greater London.
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