Changes to benefit payments have been approved by the Government.
Universal Credit (UC) and a number of other payments will rise in April in an attempt to keep pace with the rising cost of living.
This comes after proposals to raise UC and other benefits in the UK by 3.1% were passed by MPs on Monday, February 7.
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Benefits rise most years and this year's changes will come into effect on April 11, after passing a House of Commons vote 298-29, with Labour MPs being whipped to abstain.
Although the rise is in line with what inflation was last autumn, campaigners have raised concerns that it adds up to a real-terms cut in payments due to inflation - already 4.8% for the 12 months up to December 2021 - and a cost-of-living crisis, compounded by the 54% rise in energy costs announced last week, reports Wales Online.
Here is a breakdown of all the new benefits changes from April 11:
Attendance allowance
Higher rate: £92.40 (from £89.60)
Lower rate: £61.85 (from £60)
Carer’s allowance
April 2022 rate: £69.70 (from £67.60)
Disability living allowance
Care Component
Highest: £92.40 (from £89.60)
Middle: £61.85 (from £60.00)
Lowest: £24.45 (from £23.70)
Mobility component
Higher: £64.50 (from £62.55)
Lower: £24.45 (from £23.70)
Employment and support allowance (ESA)
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20)
25 or over: £77 (from £74.70)
Housing benefit
Your personal allowance is used to help calculate how much housing benefit you may be entitled to.
Single person (personal allowance)
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20)
Aged 25 and between state pension age: £77 (from £74.70)
Entitled to main phase ESA: £77 (from £74.70)
Has reached state pension age: £197.10 (from £191.15)
Lone parent (personal allowance)
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20)
Aged 25 and between state pension age: £77 (from £74.70)
Entitled to main phase ESA: £77 (from £74.70)
Has reached state pension age: £197.10 (from £191.15)
Couple (personal allowance)
Both aged under 18: £92.20 (from £89.45)
One or both aged between 18 and state pension credit age: £121.05 (from £117.40)
Any age and on main phase ESA: £121.05 (from £117.40)
One or both have reached pension age: £294.90 from £286.05)
Incapacity benefit (long-term)
April 2022 rate: £118.25 (from £114.70)
Income Support
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20)
25 or over: £77 from (£74.70)
Jobseeker’s allowance
Contributions based
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20)
25 or over: £77 (from £74.70)
Income-based
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20)
25 or over: £77(from £74.70)
Maternity/Paternity/Shared parental allowance
Standard rate: £156.66 (from £151.97)
Pension credit
Single: £182.60 (from £177.10)
Couple: £278.70 (from £270.30)
Personal independence payment (PIP)
Daily Living Component
Enhanced: £92.40 (from £89.60)
Standard: £61.85 (from £60)
Mobility Component
Enhanced: £64.50 (from £62.55)
Standard: £24.45 (from £23.70)
State pension
Full new state pension: £185.15 (from £179.60)
Basic old state pension (Category A or B): £141.85 (from £137.60)
Widow’s pension - standard rate: £126.35 (from £122.55)
Statutory parental bereavement pay
Standard rate: £156.66 (from £151.97)
Statutory sick pay
Standard rate: £99.35 (from £96.35)
Universal credit (monthly rates shown)
Standard allowance
Single
Single under 25: £265.31 (from £257.33)
Single 25 or over: £334.91 (from £324.84)
Couple
Joint claimants both under 25: £416.45 (from £403.93)
Joint claimants, one or both 25 or over: £525.72 (from £509.91)
Child elements
First child (born prior to April 6, 2017): £290 (from £282.60)
First child (born on or after April 6, 2017) or second child and subsequent child (where an exception or transitional provision applies): £244.58 (from £237.08)
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