Rachel Reeves announced £15 billion in benefits spending at Wednesday's Budget, - with increased payments for those receiving Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and child benefits. The Chancellor abolished the two-child benefit cap.

She presented the move - estimated to cost taxpayers £3 billion annually - as a means of lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Ms Reeves increased payouts for "working-age benefits" such as Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and child benefits in line with inflation, at 3.8 per cent, from April.

That measure is anticipated to cost as much as £6 billion. This means payments for more than 3.8 million PIP claimants are expected to rise by 3.8 per cent. An increase of 3.8 per cent would see people on both

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