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sophlouwhit
sophlouwhit Posts: 50 Forumite
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edited 30 April 2020 at 8:43PM in Coronavirus Board
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 30 April 2020 at 7:58PM
    It is legislated for as a temporary increase. However benefit rates are reset each year so they could choose to retain the increases longer term. We will not know until next year.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • poppy12345
    poppy12345 Posts: 18,964 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    The increases to the standard allowance are until April 2021.
  • The increases to the standard allowance are until April 2021.
    So for them to remove it and go back to £80 less a month isnt ganna be counted as "austerity"
    This wos added as a temp emergency package?
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