Labour Says It Would End the Freeze In Working-Age Benefits If It Wins The Next General Election
Wednesday 31 October, 2018 Written by Simon Collyer
Most working-age benefits were frozen in 2016 by former Tory chancellor George Osborne.
The policy was not included in the party's last manifesto, but at Prime Minister's Questions, Jeremy Corbyn said he "would have ended the benefit freeze" if he had won the election. Labour has been criticized for their response to the budget.
Labour later said it would increase benefits in line with inflation.
During the 2017 general election campaign, Labour promised to scrap the so-called bedroom tax, restore housing benefit for those under 21 and increase Personal Independence Payments for the disabled.
Speaking on ITV's Peston show, John McDonnell MP Shadow Chancellor. MP for Hayes and Harlington said: "We will lift the freeze and we will make sure thereon that people get a proper cost of living increase."
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