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AS inflation continues to rise, financial support is available from the government for those who need it.

Those may include people who are unemployed, ill, disabled, retired, or those raising children.

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The Department of Social Protection (DSP) has a selection of social welfare financial supports available.

The first step is to identify which payment you may be entitled to.

There are numerous payments available including People who are unemployed, families and children, widows, widowers and surviving civil partners, older and retired people, people with a disability and carers.

You can apply online for many social welfare payments using the MyWelfare website or in your local office.

If applying through the website, you will need a verified MyGovID account.

For those who plan to apply for, or are currently getting a social welfare payment (including Child Benefit), you may be asked to register for a Public Services Card.

This helps prove your identity when you access public services such as getting social welfare payments.

If you qualify for a payment, you may be able to get an increase in your payment for an adult dependant or a child dependant.

All application forms can be found on the gov.ie website.

Once you have found your eligible support, select its application form.

Supporting documents will be needed to be submitted also.

A copy of your birth certificate is no longer needed to apply for a social welfare boost if you were born in Ireland and your birth is in the Register of Births.

For those applying in person, the Intreo Centre, Social Welfare Branch Office or your local Citizens Information Centre can help you fill out the application form.

The review of your application may take some time for the DSP to process.

An applicant may be interviewed in their home or asked to attend an interview at a local social welfare office.

While your claim is being processed, you may get Supplementary Welfare Allowance if your income is low enough.

It’s vital to apply for the claim as soon as you know you are entitled to the payment – or you will lose out.

If asked to submit additional information to support your claim, you must provide all within 21 days.

If a person is declined a social welfare payment or get a lesser amount than expected, they have three weeks to appeal the decision of the Department of Social Protection.

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MILLIONS of households will receive boosted benefit payments from April.

Benefits typically increase each Spring to keep pace with the rising costs of essentials such as food, fuel, and household bills.

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Most benefit claimants will see their payments rise by 1.7%.

This increase will apply to a range of benefits, including Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and Universal Credit.

Meanwhile, state pension recipients will enjoy a more substantial boost, with payments increasing by 4.1% from April.

Of course, the exact increase in your payments will depend on your individual circumstances.

Below, we’ve outlined exactly how much your benefit and state pension payments are expected to increase from April 2025.

Universal Credit

Standard allowance (per month)

• For those single and aged under 25, the standard allowance will rise from £311.68 to £316.98
• For those single and aged 25 or over, the standard allowance will rise from £393.45 to £400.14
• For joint claimants both under 25, the standard allowance will rise from £489.23 to £497.55
• For joint claimants where one or both are 25 or over, the standard allowance will rise from £617.60 to £628.099

Extra amounts for children

• For those with a first child born before April 6, 2017, the extra amount will go up from £333.33 to £338.99
• For those with a child born on or after April 6, 2017 or second child and subsequent child, the extra amount will go up from £287.92 to £292.81
• For those with a disabled child, the lower rate addition payment will rise from £156.11 to £158.76 and the higher rate from £487.58 to £495.86

Extra amounts for limited capability for work

• For those deemed to have limited capability for work, the extra amount will go up from £156.11 to £158.76
• For those deemed to have limited capability for work or work-related activity, the extra amount will go up from £416.19 to £423.27

Extra amounts for being a carer

Universal Credit claimants can get an additional amount if caring for a severely disabled person for at least 35 hours a week.

The amount you get a month will rise from £198.31 to £201.68

The work allowance rates will also rise in April.

Increased work allowance

• The higher work allowance (no housing amount) for someone claiming Universal Credit with one or more dependent children or limited capability for work will rise from £673 to £684.44
• The lower work allowance for someone claiming Universal Credit with one or more dependent children or limited capability for work will rise from £404 to £410.87

Housing benefit

Single person

• Has reached pension age: Increases from £235.20 to £239.20

Lone parent

• Has reached state pension age: Increases from £235.20 to £239.20

Couple

• One or both have reached pension age: Increases from £352 to £357.98

Other

• Dependent child/young person aged under 20: Increased from £83.24 to £84.66

Personal independence payments (PIP)

Rates for personal independence payments (PIP) will rise by 1.7% in April.

PIP covers the extra cost of living for those suffering from illnesses or disabilities.

Payments for the daily living component will go up from £108.55 to £110.40 for enhanced and from £72.65 to £73.89 for standard.

The mobility component will also rise from £75.75 to £77.04 for enhanced and from £28.70 to £29.19 for standard.

Employment support allowance (ESA)

Employment Support Allowance (ESA) tops up workers’ pay if they’re on a low income.

Rates could change in April for those who are single and:

• Under 25-years-old, from £71.70 to £72.92
• Age 25 and older, from £90.50 to £92.04
• Lone parent under 18, from £71.70 to £72.92
• Lone parent 18 or over, from £90.50 to £92.04

Those in a couple could also see their rates rise:

• Both under 18-years-old, from £71.70 to £72.92
• Both under 18 years old with a child, from £108.30 to £110.14
• Both over 18, from £142.25 to £144.67
• Under 25, partner under 18, from £71.70 to £72.92
• Claimant 25 or over, partner under 18, from £90.50 to £92.04

There are also further rates for those with disabilities or caring responsibilities.

Attendance Allowance

Attendance Allowance helps with extra costs if you have a disability severe enough that you need someone to help look after you.

It’s paid at two different rates and how much you get depends on the level of care you need.

The higher rate will rise from £108.55 to £110.40 in April, while the lower rate will also go up from £72.65 to £73.89.

Pension credit

Guaranteed pension credit payments will go up from £218.15 a week to £221.86, or £332.95 to £338.61 for couples.

You may also get the “Savings Credit” part of pension credit if both of the following apply:

• You reached state pension age before April 6, 2016
• You saved some money for retirement, for example, a personal or workplace pension

This part of pension credit will rise from £17.01 a week to £17.30 or for couples, from £19.04 to £19.36.

Disability living allowance (DLA)

The Disability Living Allowance is being replaced by Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for disabled people.

You can only apply for DLA if you’re under 16. Older people whose DLA claim hasn’t come to an end may see payments go up.

• Highest amount will increase from £108.55 to £110.40
• Middle amount will increase from £72.65 to £73.89
• Lowest amount will increase from £28.70 to £29.19

And for the mobility component:

• Higher amount will increase from £75.75 to £77.04
• Lower amount will increase from £28.70 to £29.19

New-style jobseeker’s Allowance

New-style jobseekers Allowance (JSA) supports those who are out of work while they look for a job.

For under 25-year-olds, contribution-based and income-based payments will go up from £71.70 a week to £72.92, and from £90.50 to £92.04 a week for those who are older.

There are also further rates for couples, those with children, disabilities or caring responsibilities.

Carer’s Allowance

You can claim carer’s allowance if you care for someone at least 35 hours a week and they get certain benefits.

The rate will go up from £81.90 to £83.29 a week.

The threshold at which you become ineligible for carer’s allowance – known as the “cliff edge” will also rise from April.

Child benefit

Most parents in the UK can claim child benefit, but there are still certain eligibility rules.

You can claim if you’re responsible for a child under 16 or under 20 in approved education or training.

Only one person in the household can get child benefit, but there is no limit to how many children you can claim.

There are two child benefit rates – one for the eldest child and another for each further child or children.

The current rate for your eldest or only child is £25.60 per week, which will rise to £26.04 in April 2025.

You can also get £16.95 for every additional child and this will rise to £17.24 next Spring.

Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay

Pay for mums and dads taking time away for kids, including those adopting, has already gone up.

The statutory rates will increase from the start of April from £184.03 to £187.16, for maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay.

Parental bereavement pay also increased by the same amounts.

Maternity allowance

New mums who don’t qualify for standard maternity pay could still get a payment adding up to thousands of pounds from Maternity Allowance.

It will also rise from £184.03 a week to £187.16 from April 2024.

Statutory sick pay

You might be able to get statutory sick pay (SSP) if you’re off work, and even if you aren’t sick yourself.

SSP is currently worth £116.75 per week and it is paid by your employer for up to 28 weeks.

It will increase in April to £118.73.

State pension

The state pension will rise from £11,502.40 to £11,975 per year – a £473 boost.

This means the full rate of the new state pension will go up from £221.20 a week to £230.27.

For the basic part of the old state pension, the rate will increase from £169.50 to £176.45.

What benefits won’t rise next year?

Benefit cap

The benefit cap is the total amount of benefits a household can receive, and it applies to most people aged between 16 and state pension age.

In Greater London, for couples (with or without children) or single people with a child of qualifying age, the cap is £25,323 a year. For single adult households without children, it’s £16,967.

Outside of London, the limits are £22,020 and £14,753, respectively.

Capital limits

Capital limits restrict the amount of savings you can have before you stop getting certain benefits.

This includes things like Universal Credit and Housing Benefit.

The lower limit remains at £6,000, meaning that any savings you have below that will be disregarded for benefits calculations.

The upper limit is usually £16,000 and will not be changing, meaning that if you have any savings over that, you won’t receive any benefits at all. 

If you have between £6,000 and £16,000, you’ll typically get a reduced amount, according to each benefit’s taper rules.

Bereavement support payments

Bereavement support payments give financial support to people following the death of a partner for a set period of time.

The most you can get is a one off payment of £3,500 and 18 monthly payments of £350 – this is called the “higher rate” and applies to those who had a child and claimed child benefit, or were pregnant.

The lower rate for those without children is a one-off payment of £2,500 and 18 monthly payments of £100.

These rates won’t rise in line with inflation next spring.

High income child benefit charge

While child benefit payments are expected to increase next year, the penalty imposed on high-income earners won’t change.

If you or a partner has an income of over £60,000 then you may be liable to pay the high income child benefit charge.

If this is the case, you will have to pay back some or all of the child benefit you receive.

You are required to pay back 1% of your child’s benefit for every £200 earned over £60,000.

You’re not entitled to any child benefit if you earn over £80,000.

Local housing allowance

The allowance sets the maximum amount people renting from a private landlord can claim in housing benefit or Universal Credit.

In April, rates increased to cover the cheapest 30% of local market rents in the 12 months before September 2023 after being frozen since 2020.

However, in a written statement yesterday, Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, said: “Local housing allowance rates for 2025/26 will be maintained at the 2024/25 levels, following their increase in April 2024.”

HEIDI Klum has made a candid confession about her boobs that other women in their 50s are sure to relate to.

Not only this, but Heidi also admitted that she has chin hair that’s ‘hanging on for dear life’. 

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Heidi Klum has made a candid confession on ageing that many women in their 50s will love[/caption]

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She also has a single hair the size of a “whole tree trunk” growing from her chin[/caption]

In an interview just before the Baftas, the 51-year-old got real on ageing.

Whilst the German-American model, who recently shared her raciest confessions on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, always looks fabulous on the red carpet, she was keen to share a slice of reality, as she recognised that she has grown chin and boob hair.

The former America’s Got Talent judge admitted to The Times: “It’s strange what happens with age.

“All of a sudden you have hairs growing out of various places.” 

Not only this, but the television host, producer and businesswoman got real on her very stubborn, single chin hair, which she claimed “is hard” and “hanging on for dear life.”

She continued: “If I come with a tweezer, when I pull it out, it’s a whole tree trunk!” 

Not only this, but where her boob hair is concerned, the star, who has four children and is married to singer Tom Kaulitz, who is 16 years her junior, confessed: “I would say it’s as long as my pinky finger.” 

But this isn’t the first time Heidi, who was the first German model to become a Victoria’s Secret Angel, has made a candid confession.

Last year, the blonde-haired beauty who is famed for her jaw-dropping Halloween outfits, revealed that she will wear mini skirts until she’s 70 and isn’t afraid to run around with her boobs hanging out.

Not only this, but Heidi, who previously confessed that life is much better without clothes, also claimed that she doesn’t care what people think or say about her, and is happy to show off her body, even after giving birth and breastfeeding four children.

On an episode of Call Her Daddy, Heidi spoke to podcast host Alex Cooper on all things getting older and why we shouldn’t be afraid of ageing. 

The star, who has a whopping 12 million followers on Instagram, said: “I get the mini skirt question all the time – so how long are you going to wear mini skirts?

“I’ve said many times, I probably will be walking around at 70, if I feel like it, in a mini skirt if I wanna show my legs.

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“I see all my flaws, this is it. That’s how life is. You climb, you get older, and it goes down the hill again with our looks and not being plump any more and this, that and the other.

“But at the end of the day, I still look in the mirror and feel good about myself. I still have the passion for shopping for fun things, doing my hair, doing my make-up. 

“I still have the fire in me. I still love fun things and I’m still running around the beach with my boobs hanging out and I don’t really care.

“Do they look how they look how they looked before they had kids and they sucked the living daylights out of them? They’re different now and yes, thanks for pointing it out, it’s true they’re different. I had four kids and I breastfed them.”

But Heidi acknowledged that she won’t listen to negative comments people make about her and her age, as she added: “If [people] think that, so be it, I don’t care. 

“I feel very strong with myself, even though people say things, it doesn’t really get to me.

“I look at myself and yes, my legs do not look like your legs, in your twenties, but I still feel ok with my legs and therefore I go with it. 

“As long as I feel it, I don’t really care what people think or say to me, I really don’t.” 

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Heidi also explained how her body has changed throughout the years, as she added: “I’ve had four kids, I’ve been pregnant and once you’ve had your baby, it’s not like your stomach is flat, you deflate a bit, everything is still a bit pudgy, and I had that four times.”

And despite being a mum to four, Heidi shared that you’ll still find her out partying and having fun, as she beamed: “Sometimes I will be in the club and I might be the oldest person there, but I really don’t care. 

“We all have one thing that happens, we all die. So why listen to all this negative noise? 

“Surround yourself with people that are great, that are positive. 

“Shake off all the nonsense and do you. We only have one life.”

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The 51-year-old model also confessed that she’ll still be wearing mini skirts, even when she’s 70[/caption]

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Heidi explained that she doesn’t listen to “negative noise” and surrounds herself with people that are “positive”[/caption]