A new petition is calling on the UK Government to increase benefits in line with current levels of inflation to help “stop the cost of living crisis becoming a poverty emergency”.
Benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that are linked to inflation, increased by 3.1% on April 11 along with the Basic and New State Pension payment rates, following the temporary suspension of the Triple Lock rule.
The uprating is determined by the September 2021 Consumer Price Index (CPI), which was 3.1%, however, inflation has been rising due to the current cost of living crisis and has now soared to a 40-year high of 9% for April.
