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DWP confirms new 2025 payment rates for State Pension, PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits
More than 20 million people 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 from 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, 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.