Disability benefit payments are tax-free and do not count towards the benefit cap.
The Office for National Statistics published new figures on Tuesday showing that wages growth from May to July is 8.5 per cent , or 7.8 per cent . It’s important to understand that ‘employee bonuses’ includes the backdated pay rises for people, including the NHS, in June.
It’s also worth pointing out that even though ADP is delivered by Social Security Scotland, it will follow the same uprating as PIP to prevent a two-tier benefits system north of the border. Estimated calculations for April 2024 uprating These calculations are based on the lowest measure of the Triple Lock, 2.5 per cent, and the wages growth element, without bonuses, of 7.8 per cent. It is just intended as a guide to understand how much benefits could increase by next April, once the uprating has been confirmed, we will update this article.
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