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New DWP weekly payment rates from April for people on State Pension, Universal Credit, PIP and other benefits
More than 23 million people across Great Britain receiving the State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will see payment rates for the 2025/26 financial year increase on April 7, 2025. The New and Basic State Pensions will increase by 4.1 per cent, under the earnings growth measure of the Triple Lock policy, while most working age and disability benefits are going up by the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate figure of 1.7 per cent.