Chancellor under pressure to back benefits increase
Briefly

She said: The idea that the Government can afford to give tax cuts to the wealthiest but not uprate benefits in line with inflation, I think, is grotesque.He said: The Chancellor must honour his predecessor's pledge to uprate benefits in the usual manner, in line with inflation.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the Government must urgently reassure those on the lowest incomes that it won't renege on its promise to raise benefits in line with inflation.Anything less than raising benefits in line with inflation will amount to the largest permanent deliberate real-terms cut to the basic rate of benefits in history.
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