sign up to receive it here<\/a>. It will keep you up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from the North East.<\/p>\nAttendance Allowance<\/p>\n
The higher rate of Attendance Allowance will increase from from \u00a3110.40 to \u00a3114.60 per week in April 2026, and the lower rate will rise from \u00a373.90 to \u00a376.70. The amount you get depends on the level of help you need.<\/p>\n
Carer’s Allowance<\/p>\n
Carer’s Allowance, the main benefit for carers, will increase from \u00a383.80 to \u00a386.45 per week in April 2026.<\/p>\n
Carers receiving other benefits will also see increases. The Carer Element of Universal Credit will rise from \u00a3201.68 to \u00a3209.34 per week, and the Carer Addition for Pension Credit will increase \u00a346.40 to \u00a348.15.<\/p>\n
Child Benefit<\/p>\n
From April 6, 2026, Child Benefit for the eldest child will increase from \u00a326.05 to \u00a327.05 per week. Child Benefit rate for other children will rise from \u00a317.25 to \u00a317.90 per week.<\/p>\n
Guardian’s Allowance will also increase from \u00a322.10 to \u00a322.95 per week. Parents should note that the two-child benefit cap, which limits Universal Credit and Tax Credits to two children, will also be lifted from April.<\/p>\n
Disability Living Allowance<\/p>\n
Care Component<\/p>\n
Highest: from \u00a3110.40 to \u00a3114.60<\/p>\n
Middle: from \u00a373.90 to \u00a376.70<\/p>\n
Lowest: from \u00a329.20 to \u00a330.30<\/p>\n
Mobility Component<\/p>\n
Higher: From \u00a377.05 to \u00a380.00<\/p>\n
Lower: From \u00a329.20 to \u00a330.30<\/p>\n
Pension Credit<\/p>\n
The standard minimum guarantee for Pension Credit will increase by 4.8% in line with earnings as follows:<\/p>\n
Single: \u00a3227.10 to \u00a3238<\/p>\n
Couple \u00a3346.60 to \u00a3363.25<\/p>\n
Personal Independence Payment<\/p>\n
Daily living component<\/p>\n
Enhanced: From \u00a3110.40 to \u00a3114.60<\/p>\n
Standard: From \u00a373.90 to \u00a376.70<\/p>\n
Mobility component<\/p>\n
Enhanced: From \u00a377.05 to \u00a380<\/p>\n
Standard: From \u00a329.20 to \u00a330.30<\/p>\n
State Pension<\/p>\n
New State Pension: From \u00a3230.25 to \u00a3241.30<\/p>\n
Basic State Pension: From \u00a3176.45 to \u00a3184.90<\/p>\n
Universal Credit<\/p>\n
The Universal Credit standard allowance will increase from:<\/p>\n
\u00a3316.98 to \u00a3338.58 per month for single people aged under 25\u00a3400.14 to \u00a3424.90 per month for single people aged 25 and over\u00a3497.55 to \u00a3528.34 per month for joint claimants both aged under 25\u00a3628.10 to \u00a3666.97 per month for joint claimants both aged 25 and over<\/p>\n
There are several changes to Universal Credit set to be introduced from April 2026 as a result of the Universal Credit Act 2025. Among these changes is a reduction in the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity component – new claimants will not get the full \u00a394 per week, and instead get \u00a350.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State Pension, Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Child Benefit are among the benefits set to rise this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4029,84,4225,2215,4176,2218,4174,4175,56,54,55,7160,2932],"class_list":{"0":"post-360759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-benefits","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-disability-benefits","11":"tag-dwp","12":"tag-finance","13":"tag-hmrc","14":"tag-personal-finance","15":"tag-personalfinance","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom","19":"tag-universal-credit","20":"tag-your-money"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Benefits linked to inflation will rise by 3.8% from April 2026(Image: iStockphoto \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n