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The exact amount that state benefits are set to rise by next year has been confirmed following the release of the latest inflation data by the Office for National Statistics.

A spike in inflation in September is expected to trigger higher than anticipated benefit increases next April - including for Universal Credit, the Mirror reports .

UK inflation remained unchanged at 3.8% in September - despite the majority of economists and the Bank of England having expected inflation to rise to 4%.

The inflation figure for September is particularly important, as it is normally used to help calculate how much the State Pension and many welfare benefits will rise by next April.

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