Sentences with phrase «than the retail prices index»

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.