# Chancellor to duck welfare reform in today’s Budget and boosts handouts to 10 MILLION people

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/chancellor-to-duck-welfare-reform-in-todays-budget-and-boosts-handouts-to-10-million-people/
- Published: 2026-10-28T00:00:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T02:23:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16244183/Chancellor-welfare-reform-Budget-boosts-handouts-10-Millions.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Benefits for 10 million people are expected to rise by 3.5 per cent.
- At least £1 billion more may support winter fuel bills.
- The Budget is expected to omit welfare reform despite projected spending growth.

## Summary

Chancellor John Healey is expected to leave welfare reform out of today’s Budget, while increasing support for people on benefits and low incomes. The decision matters because welfare spending is projected to rise sharply as the Government faces pressure to balance public finances and stick to its fiscal rules.

The article says £5.5 billion is earmarked for a 3.5 per cent rise in benefits paid to 10 million people, with at least £1 billion more expected for winter fuel bill support. Immediate help for other households is expected to be limited, while proposed tariff cuts would save an average of about 40p a week on groceries. Opposition figures and former officials argue that rising sickness benefit costs require reform; official projections put them at £109 billion by the end of the decade, up from £83 billion last year.

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