A package of urgent support has been unveiled to address Britain's cost of living crisis, with various payments for low-income families, pensioners and the disabled, as well as the extension of the Household Support Fund.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he would not be changing benefit payment levels for this year, but they were likely to be significantly higher for the 2023/24 financial years. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a think tank founded by former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, had advised that benefits needed a boost as though they had been given a 10 per cent rise in April 2022, rather than the 3.1 per cent applied at the time, reports Birmingham Live.
This move would have meant an additional £729 paid out over the remainder of this financial year (2022/23). However, Sunak instead went for cash support aimed at specific groups, including those living with disabilities - so what help will be available to weather the cost of living storm?
