Child benefit frozen for three years Benefits, tax credits and public sector pensions rise by consumer prices index rather
than retail price index (which rises faster)
Where a court makes a periodical payments order under the Damages Act 1996, s 2 for a claimant in proceedings involving catastrophic injury in the context of future care, of which the main element was the wages of the carers, the annual earnings survey published for care assistants and home carers is a more appropriate and useable index
than the Retail Prices Index.
Not exact matches
One option proposed in a new Government Green Paper would see firms linking annual rises to the consumer
price index measure of inflation, rather
than the higher
retail price index
The recent NHS pay review body report estimated that by 2019 nurse pay will be 20 % lower in real terms
than in 2010 when inflation is measured using
Retail Price Index (RPI) and 12 % lower on the Consumer
Price Index (CPI).
From 2011 - with the exception of state pensions and pension credits - benefits, tax credits and public service pensions will rise in line with the consumer
price index (CPI) rather
than the generally higher
retail price index (RPI).
But the increase is significantly less
than would have been the case had the government not changed its plan to increase regulated rail fares by
retail price index inflation plus three per cent.
Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show the consumer
price index (CPI) and
retail price index (RPI) fell from March to April this year, but TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said
prices had nevertheless risen three times faster
than wages.
At the moment, unpromoted teachers earn under # 36,000 and the EIS has argued that pay has fallen more
than 16 per cent it 2003 value when measured by the
retail price index, according to Herald Scotland.
Meanwhile, Real Capital Analytics» Commercial Property
Price Index (CPPI) shows that
prices for
retail properties were roughly 1.6 % lower in July
than they were a year ago.
30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage at a Cost of One Point: 3.25 % * (APR = 3.47 %) Rates improved today after Producer
Price Index and
Retail Sales numbers came out weaker
than expected.