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Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

A fifth of working-age families in Rugby are set to lose out if the Government increases benefits at the same rate as wages, rather than inflation, new analysis shows.

Families in Rugby are set to lose out if benefits do not rise with inflation

The increase in payments was only designed to last a year. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Universal Credit payments could be decreased in April 2021 - here's why

The Warwick district has seen one of the biggest slumps in the jobs market in the UK due to the coronavirus crisis, new figures suggest.

Warwick district has suffered one of the biggest slumps in the jobs market in th...