UNIVERSAL Credit claimants may get extra support to ease the cost of living.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said “all options were on the table” but ruled out a return of the £20-a-week uplift.
He said the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, was investigating possible alternatives.
His right-hand-man fuelled hopes of another package to let claimants keep more of the money they earn.
The Treasury Chief Secretary hailed last year’s decision to slash the taper rate from 63p to 55p as “precisely the kind of authentic Conservative solution” needed.
Senior Tory Sir Iain Duncan Smith wants a benefits hike for the poorest households in line with inflation, which has hit nine per cent.
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Payments were put up by 3.1 per cent in April.
PM Boris Johnson will hold a special Cabinet meeting today to discuss how to boost the economy.
