Social Security Benefits
(asked on 1st October 2019) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the benefit freeze will be lifted in 2020.
Answered by
Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
This question was answered on 7th October 2019
The Government has no intention of repeating or prolonging the current freeze on working age benefits. From 2020, the Government expects increases in benefits will resume in line with CPI.