Image via WikipediaIn the emergency budget in July the Chancellor announced that most benefits for the disabled and the sick would be uprated in line with the Consumer Price Index rather than Retail Prices Index in future.We Can see in this months inflation figures what a difference that is going to make to people.In July the Retail Prices Index was at 4.8% whereas the Consumer Price Index was at just 3.1%. The figures tell the story in itself. They mean next April when benefits are uprated then the sick and disabled will see an effective cut in their benefits. With the increase in VAT which will hit all goods either directly or indirectly we can see now what an effect this will have on the living standards of some of the most vulnerable people in the country. David Cameron said before the election that he will protect the most vulnerable in our society from the effects of budget cuts. This is now shown to be as false as his other pledge that he had no plans to increase VAT!
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