Jeremy Hunt is likely to announce how much he will increase benefits by at the Autumn Statement next month
and working age benefits has grown to a “chasm” in recent years, a former government minister has warned – and it is one that could get even bigger next year.
“There has always been a gap between benefits for people of working age and for pensioners, but this has recently become a chasm”, said Sir Steve. “There has been a brutal squeeze on working age benefits has happened in the last eight years.” “It is very hard to believe that as soon as people reach pension age they suddenly need more than twice as much to live on,” added Sir Steve.
Jonathan Cribb, associate director at the economic think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: “There have been increases in generosity of the state pension and pensioner benefits both over the last 13 years and under the last Labour government compared to working-age benefits.
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