- 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