Social Security

It constitutes a cut because, according to the Government's own figures in the pre-Budget report, the money will not be available next year. If the Minister does not believe me, perhaps she will listen to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which has said""the 1.5 per cent. rise… is set to be only temporary, as the Chancellor committed himself—or rather, his successor—to increase these same benefits by 1.5 per cent. less than inflation this time next year.""