UK PM Liz Truss hints at benefits cuts, courts fresh Tory rebellion

When people are on a fixed income, when they are pensioners, it is quite hard to adjust. It's a different situation for people who are in the position to be able to work, said Liz Truss

Prime Minister Liz Truss said she’s yet to decide whether welfare payments in the UK should be increased in line with inflation, an issue that threatens to spark another bitter row with her disgruntled Conservative MPs.

“No decision has been made yet on benefit uprating,” Truss said in an interview with LBC Radio. She said pensioners would see their payments rise in line with inflation, but wouldn’t commit to the same for other welfare recipients.

“When people are on a fixed income, when they are pensioners, it is quite hard to adjust,” she said. “It’s a different situation for people