The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has confirmed that Local Housing Allowance rates will be frozen for another year.

In a written statement, Thérèse Coffey said: “I also confirm that the local housing allowance rates for 2022-23 will be maintained at the elevated cash rates agreed for 2020-21. The Office for Budget Responsibility made this assumption too in its expenditure forecast.”

Many have since reacted by saying that despite it being called a “elevated” cash rate, it is actually a real terms cut to social security.