The new rates of benefits for the financial year 2010/2011 have been announced.
Some of the increases are as follows:
1. Maternity allowance, which will go up from £124.88 to £128.73
2. Widowed mother’s allowance, which will go up from £97.65 to £100.70
3. Statutory sick pay earnings threshold, which will go up from the current rate of £97 to £102
council tax benefit, which will go up for:
- lone parents from £65.45 to £67.50
- couples from £102.75 to £105.95
- parents with dependent children from £57.57 to £62.33
