- The Government has axed a £10 Christmas Bonus payment designed to help hard-up families on benefits.
The payment was set up to cover the extra cost of the festive period for cash-strapped families.
But it has been controversially scrapped.
And now critics have blasted the government for being "despicable" and "Scrooges". -
More: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...bonus-15558217
Had that tenner in 1972 kept pace with the inflation rate, as the State Pension has, then the Christmas bonus would have been £125 in 2017 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator. Found here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator