Pre-Budget Report: Benefits to rise despite deflation

Related Articles

• Budget 2023: Childcare support to be boosted for children from nine months and for parents on universal credit – here's what you need to know

  20 March 2023

  The announcements form a package of new measures designed to help parents, revealed by the Chancellor in today's Budget.

• NHS prescription costs in England to rise by 30p to £9.65 an item from April

  10 March 2023

  The cost of prescription 'season tickets', which let you prepay for multiple prescriptions over a set period, is also rising.

• All London primary age children to get free school meals for a year from September – here's what we know

  20 February 2023

  Every primary age child in London will get free school meals in the 2023/24 academic year, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced – though the full details of how the new scheme will work in practice are yet to be confirmed.

• Pregnant or have a child under four? Check if you can get £17+ a month to help with food costs as over 200,000 are missing out

  2 February 2023

  If you're pregnant or have a child under the age of four, and you're on a low income, you may be eligible for a Healthy Start prepaid card offering at least £4.25 a week to spend on healthy food, milk and vitamins.