The government has been urged to boost its annual Christmas 10 bonus for benefit claimants, with thousands signing a petition to bring the payment in line with modern needs.
An online petition to increase the payment has attracted more than 15,000 signatures. It urges the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to consider lifting the amount in line with inflation.
If this one-off bonus were increased in line with inflation over those 52 years, the payment would be lifted to 114.75, according to Bank of England data.
Shona McMahon, who argues that the payment should be increased in line with inflation every year after an initial uprating, has garnered support as winter approaches.
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