A year on from the government's $25 increase to benefits, some solo parents and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses say it has made very little difference to their budgets. As part of that research, she conducted detailed interviews with 12 people on sole parent support and the supported living payment. Rebekah Parsons-King/RNZ A year on from the government's $25 increase to benefits, some solo parents and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses say it has made very little difference to their budgets. Another man on the supported living payment said the increase did not make “an iota of difference”. “It was too little to make a substantive difference to most benefit recipients' lives,” she said.

Source: Stuff April 19, 2021 19:41 UTC