Submitted by Magnus Kai Gorny on Saturday 19th December 2020
Published on Wednesday 30th December 2020
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 30th June 2021
Signatures: 81
Increase the DWP Christmas bonus for benefit claimants in line with inflation
The Christmas bonus was introduced in 1972. Since then, inflation has lowered the cost of the pound significantly, yet the £10 number remained the same. With inflation taken into account, the bonus should actually be around £130. We want the Government to account for inflation in these payments.
The DWP Christmas bonus for benefit claimants is a measly £10 - hardly enough to cover the costs associated with holidays. It is almost insulting to be presented with an amount of money this small - the equivalent of 76p before inflation - when many of us are already living hand to mouth and in constant fear of getting our benefits reassessed or revoked. Disabled and low-income people deserve better.
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/dwp-christmas-bonus-payment-benefits-claimants-value-today-money-376995
https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/20/the-governments-10-christmas-bonus-is-an-insult-to-disabled-people-11928104/
https://www.gov.uk/christmas-bonus
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