Autumn Statement 2013: Disability and carers' benefits get 2.7% rise

In last year's statement, the Chancellor delivered a blow to benefits recipients when he revealed many handouts would not rise at the same pace as the cost of living (read the full Benefits to rise by less than inflation MSE News story).

This year, he stuck with his policy of having key benefits, including jobseekers' allowance, rise by just 1%.

Other benefits that will get the 1% increase include employment support allowance, income support, maternity allowance, statutory sick pay, statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay.

But the remaining benefits and tax credits – including disability and carers' benefits and the additional state pension, which is based on national insurance contributions – will rise by 2.7% in April 2014. This is in line with September's Consumer Price Index measure of inflation.

These benefits rose by 2.2% this April, also in line with CPI inflation.