Changes to benefits for disabled people
Background on the Labour government's proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment assessment and Universal Credit rates.
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The CPI - uprating benefits and pensions (87 KB , PDF)
Article discussion the implications of the June 2010 Budget Coalition Government announcement that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) would no longer be used to determine the increase in benefits and state pensions. Instead the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) would be used to uprate benefits, and state pensions, including public service pensions. (Updated version of article (to Nov 2011) that orginally appeared in Social Indicators January 2011)
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The CPI - uprating benefits and pensions (87 KB , PDF)
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