Benefits uprating amounts for 2025 to 2026

Details: Published: 04 November 2024

The chancellor confirmed in the October budget that working age benefits will be uprated by 1.7% from April 2025, in line with the September 2024 consumer Price Index.

Liz Kendall later confirmed this in a written statement, making clear that the same uprating would apply to all disability benefits and to carer’s allowance .

Below are our provisional uprated amounts for benefits to be paid from April 2024 to 2025, based on a 1.7% increase. Official uprating figures should be published next month and we will check these figures then.

Attendance allowance

higher rate from 108.55 to 110.40

lower rate from 72.65 to 73.89

Carers Allowance

From 81.90 to 83.29

Disability Living Allowance

Care Component
Highest from 108.55 to 110.40

Middle from 72.65 to 73.89

Lowest from 28.70 to 29.19

Mobility Component
Higher from 75.75 to 77.04

Lower from 28.70 to 29.19

ESA components

work-related activity from 35.95 to 36.56

support from 47.70 to 48.51

Personal Independence Payment

Daily living component
Enhanced from 108.55 to 110.40

Standard from 72.65 to 73.89

Mobility component
Enhanced from 75.75 to 77.04

Standard from 28.70 to 29.19

Universal credit

Limited Capability for Work amount from 156.11 to 158.76

Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity amount from 416.19 to 423.27

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Christine · 8 hours ago
I'm speechless - can't they put themselves in our shoes and see if they could manage!
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Rosie** · 11 hours ago
I think I will book a holiday next year with the 49p a week rise I will be getting! What a joke!! All politicians are the same.... In it for theirselves.
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Angela · 13 hours ago
How can they cap local housing allowance at the rates they are. I for one cannot afford my rent now and I'm paying well under market value. If my landlord sells up or decides to go up to the market value for rents in my area, that's me and my children out on the street! Councils can no longer help because of the huge demand. I mean, the LHA for my area is £700 for a 3 bedroom house, yet the market value of rents is between £1200 and £1500 for a 3 bed house. How the hell do they expect people who cannot work to pay their bills when practically all their benefits are going towards the gap in housing allowance, it's ridiculous! How can they justify this. The benefits themselves are no where near the cost of living either. I wish I could go back to work but I can't, no matter how I look at it, I cannot do this. But I feel I'm being treated like I chose this for myself, after working since age 16 to 40, having a professional job after working night and day to get my degree, working placements and working a part time job on top of this and this is how I get treated when I can no longer work through no fault of my own. I'm miffed to say the least!!
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Marthamay · 14 hours ago
Recently I applied for PIP having had DLA stopped at point of migration of this benefit. I have mobility issues due to progressive condition. I realised the mobility component will not be available to me once I reach 66 yrs, (a few months time). I was awarded 6 points Daily Living and 10 points mobility (standard rate) for 10 years. I have mixed views about the award but decided not to mandatory review as I might loose the award given. Should I be worried?
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  Boris1 · 12 hours ago
  
  @Marthamay The mobility component will still be available to you once you reach state retirement age if you are already in receipt of it.
  Its not available to anyone not receiving mobility component if they apply after they reach state retirement age.
  
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Lee · 18 hours ago
Frankly I always saw *Labour*as being there for the working class..and the under dog ..or those at a disadvantage..I do not see this now..I believe infact..the previous government was much more aware within their balancing of finances.
There is little help available ..is there no cost of living payable for 24/25?
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  Catey · 12 hours ago
  
  @Lee They fooled everyone. They're all the same. Look after those that have money and sod those that don't. It's absolutely disgraceful.
  
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  Sadly Simon · 13 hours ago
  
  @Lee Hmm - I don't know about that Lee. Principally speaking, those on the left tend to be more progressive in thought and action, but during an economic crisis, I think most parties end up swinging back toward the centre and then even lean to the right at times.
  
  As far as "cost of living" - only Warm House Discount and the miserly £10 Xmas bung from the DWP.
  
  If you are experiencing hardship financially you can apply to your local council:
  
  "The Household Support Fund is targeted at the most vulnerable households and is typically used to help them with the cost of essentials like groceries, toiletries, and energy bills."
  
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  They might grant you a few hundred pounds, depending on circumstance/needs.
  
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Jonno · 2 days ago
Here's a bit of hope amongst the doom and gloom on here.
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefit-reforms-cuts/#:~:text=The%20plans%20have%20sparked%20a,comment%20on%20the%20real%20impact

https://youtu.be/xW2JZqQAw6g
?si=XzEQdGgT8z-XdXts
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  Dave Dee · 2 days ago
  
  @Jonno If Labour seek to go through with the Tories' changes then this would be moot unless legal challenges took place which would hold water given the DWP's disclosure that the proposed changes was about cuts rather than helping claimants into work.
  
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Alex · 2 days ago
I just don't understand how they can increase it by such a small amount. Rents are continually going up at an unprecedented rate, and apparently LHA rates are frozen from this year onwards? They're not even mentioned in this article, yet rent is the biggest cost in many people's budget.

Has there been any news about this?
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  shadowpony · 3 hours ago
  
  @Alex Look at the tripple lock is going up by 4% for pensioners. there is no economic reason why this should be. it is unsustainable, 2.5% base rate of increase each year, earnings or inflation, whichever is highest ,and this is baked into law, so the govt can't swerve it. it's also non means tested. the government can flex the uprating of working age beneifits which isn't baked into law, so they can flex this. they've done it before in the Osborne years. tripple lock went up for four years wheras working age beneifits were frozen excluding disability beneifits such as pip which rose with inflation. the saving was made that way.
  
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  Ally wells · 8 hours ago
  
  @boris1 I think we aught to think about a vote of no confidence or what ever we can do to get them out. Labour are supposed to be a working man’s party and help people have a better life.
  To freeze the rent is crazy my daughter is a made homeless cos her rent went up 100 she had a couple of DHPs then she was put in temp accommodation which cost 1860 a month and her rent before was 600.
  
  This government need to be voted out
  
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  Boris1 · 12 hours ago
  
  @Azmodaeus Yes I am aware of that but Liebour are currently in power and therefor its their potential benefit reforms we have to live with.
  
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  MarshaBronson · 12 hours ago
  
  @Alex This will likely lead to further pressure on social housing, councils are already stretched to the max re temporary accommodation, so an increase in street homelessness seems almost inevitable.
  
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  Azmodaeus · 20 hours ago
  
  @boris1 Both liebour(labour) & tories, haven't helped at all. They both said things or tend to say vague things a lot and then go ahead with the worst options.
  
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