Higher inflation is set to increase savings from benefit freeze by £1.3bn in 2020-21
Projected annual government savings: freezing most working-age benefits to April 2020, £bn
Savings at budget 2016
Additional savings
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2017-18
£0.3bn
2018-19 £0.8bn
2019-20 £1.2bn
2020-21 £1.3bn