The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed claimants could be in line for a payment increase but not until next year.
The rate of inflation at hit 9.4 per cent and million of Universal Credit recipients are having to make their monthly payments stretch further than ever with reports of some parents being forced to skip meals to make sure their children are fed.
This comes as the price of energy is hitting a record high but even with the one-off cost of living payment and energy discount, people are still struggling to make ends meet with the rising costs of essential items, petrol and the food shop.
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Despite this, as the Mirror reports, a Minister at the Department for Work and Pension has said an increase of Universal payments will not be confirmed until November. This would then not affect payments until April 2023.
David Rutley MP was responding to a written question asking the government to review benefit payments, with the energy price cap in mind, which Martin Lewis has warned could increase to £3,000 by October. Experts expect the energy price cap will increase by 64 per cent - on top of the increase we saw earlier this year.
MP David Rutley said in response that the DWP Secretary is "required to undertake an annual statutory review of benefits and pensions" but there were no plans to bring the review forward, "her review will commence in the autumn and her decisions will be announced to Parliament in November in the normal way."
The Macclesfield MP also confirmed that this increase would be either in line with inflation, earnings, or maybe higher than either.
He said: "The Secretary of State must increase certain benefits by at least the increase in prices or earnings. If she considers it appropriate, having regard to the national economic situation and any other matters which she considers relevant, she may increase others by such a percentage(s) as she thinks fit."
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