Benefits freeze to end in 2020, government confirms
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The freeze in benefit payments is to come to an end in April next year, the government has confirmed.
Working-age benefits such as universal credit and jobseekers allowance will rise by the rate of inflation, the Department for Work and Pensions said.
The 1.7% hike would reverse the freeze brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne from April 2016.
Labour…