Children born on or after 2nd August 2010 will only get £50 from the child trust fund. See SI 2010/1894.
Children who reach age 7 on or after 1st August 2010 will not receive an Age 7 payment from the child trust fund. See SI 2010/1894.
The Scottish Government intends to give all primary school children (P1 to P3 pupils) free school meals. (See the Scottish Government press release issued 2 October 2008).
From 1 October 2010 the standard interest rate used to calculate Support for Mortgage Interest payments will be set at a level equal to the Bank of England’s published monthly Average Mortgage Rate (This rate can be found in the first tab of Table G.1.4 under the heading “CFM”, column “HSDE” on the Bank of England website). The initial starting rate will be the rate published in August 2010 and will only change when the Bank of England publishes an average rate that differs from the standard rate by 0.5% or more.
For more information see SI 2010/1811 and our emergency budget page.
From 1 October the migration of existing incapacity benefits
claimants (those on incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support on disability grounds) onto employment and support allowance begins. Find out more.
From 1 October the Equality act comes into force. Find out more.
From 25 October lone parents with a youngest child aged 7 or over will no longer be entitled to income support solely on the grounds of being a lone parent. They will instead have to transfer to jobseeker’s allowance. Find out more.
From December 2010
Children born after this date will not be eligible for a Child Trust Fund. See our emergency budget page.
National roll out of the migration of existing incapacity benefits claimants (those on incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support on disability grounds) onto employment and support allowance. Find out more.
Children entitled to disability living allowance will only get an extra £100 a year from the child trust fund (or £200 if he or she is entitled to the highest rate of disability living allowance care component) during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 tax years. After 5 August 2011 these payments will cease.See SI 2010/1894.
Housing benefit claimants with a disability and a non-resident carer will be entitled to funding for an extra bedroom.
Local housing allowance rates will be capped at £250 per week for a one bedroom property, £290 per week for a two bedroom property, £340 per week for a three bedroom property and £400 per week for four bedrooms or more.
The £15 weekly excess that some customers can receive under the local housing allowance arrangements will be removed
Deductions for non-dependents will be uprated on the basis of prices. This will reverse the freeze in these rates since 2001-02. See our emergency budget page.
The Government contribution to discretionary housing payments will be increased by £10 million. See our emergency budget page.
The Government will work with local authorities to freeze council tax in England in 2011-12. See our emergency budget page.
The standard minimum income guarantee in pension
credit will increase by the cash rise in a full basic state pension. See our emergency budget page.
The level of in-year rises of income that will be disregarded from calculations of tax credit entitlement will decrease from £25,000 to £10,000. See our emergency budget page.
The second income threshold for the family element of the child tax credit will reduce from £50,000 to £40,000. See our emergency budget page.
The first and second withdrawal rates for tax credits will increase to 41%. See our emergency budget page.
Payment of a Sure Start maternity grant will be
restricted to the first child only (or children where the first is a multiple birth). See our emergency budget page.
The rates of child benefit for the first and subsequent children will be frozen for three years. See our emergency budget page.
The baby element will be removed from the child tax credit. See our emergency budget page.
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) will be used for the indexation of all benefits, tax credits and public service pensions. See our emergency budget page.
There will be automatic eligibility for the disability element in working tax credit for those with a limited capability for work moving into work from employment and support allowance. See our 2010 Budget page.
People over 60 years of age will qualify for the WTC if they work at least 16 hours a week (rather than 30 as currently is the case). See our 2010 Budget page and emergency budget page.
From 3 April additional paternity leave and pay will be introduced. This gives fathers the right to take up to six months of additional paid paternity leave during the second six months of a child's life, if the mother has returned to work. See the Department for Business Innovation and Skills press release.
Benefit restrictions on A8 nationals ceases from 30 April 2011. See The Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/892).
Grandparents and other family members will be able to gain National Insurance credits toward the basic state pension for caring for their grandchildren or members of their family aged 12 or younger, for 20 hours a week or more.
The child element of the child tax credit will increase by £20. For
more information see the April 2009 budget.
Lone parents whose youngest child is aged 5 or above will be eligible for jobseekers allowance rather than income support. See our emergency budget page.
Local housing allowance rates will be set at the 30th percentile of local rents. See our emergency budget page.
The housing benefit rules will be amended to exclude the most expensive properties in local areas from calculations. £250m a year savings estimated. See our 2010 Budget page.
The proposed date for the transfer to child tax credit of claimants who receive income support/income-based jobseeker's allowance child additions is 31 December 2011. Previously the date of transfer was to have been 31 December 2008. (See
Memo
DMG 47/08).
The Government contribution to discretionary housing payments will be increased by £40 million in each year from 2012-13. See our emergency budget page.
The family element of the child tax credit will be withdrawn immediately after the child element. See our emergency budget page.
The period for which a tax credit claim and certain changes of circumstances can be backdated will be reduced from three months to one month. See our emergency budget page.
The 50 plus element will be removed from the working tax credit. See our emergency budget page.
A disregard of £2,500 will be introduced in the tax credits system for in-year falls in income. See our emergency budget page.
From 2013
The Government will reform disability living allowance (DLA) and introduce an ‘objective medical assessment’ for all claimants from 2013 to 2014. See our emergency budget page.
From April 2013
The level of in-year rises of income that will be disregarded from calculations of tax credit entitlement will decrease from £10,000 to £5,000. See our emergency budget page.
Local housing allowance rates will be uprated in line with consumer price index (CPI). See our emergency budget page.
Housing entitlements for working age people in the social sector will reflect family size. See our emergency budget page.
Housing benefit awards will be reduced to 90% of the initial award after 12 months for claimants receiving jobseekers allowance. See our emergency budget page.
Migration of existing incapacity benefits claimants (incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support on disability grounds) onto employment and support
allowance should be completed by the end of March. Find out more.
From 6 April 2020 the state pension age for women born on or after 6
April 1955 will be 65. To find out your retirement date go to the DirectGov state pension age calculator. See also The Social Security (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/1488). Note: The Government plans to review the state retirement age. See the Pensions and Savings Bill.
State pension age for both men and women increases to 66 between April
2024 and April 2026. For more information see the Directgov website. This timetable may be subject to change under the new Government.
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