£10 Christmas Bonus
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In fairness, £10 doesn't go far at a charity nowadays either. Everything costs more for them as well as it does for us. At one of the charities I donate to, their suggested donation to provide a Christmas dinner for just one person is £15. Most charities show this type of structure, suggesting how much each of their services really costs.
Obviously they rely on multiple donations to make up the services so technically every little does help. But personally when I donate to charity, I like to provide enough for a realistic practical improvement to another persons situation.
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Just a quick query, I appreciate how people are feeling about the £10 but I will be grateful to receive it as it has been a tough year. If we are looking at what the value of the the £10 would be if it had kept pace with inflation or RPI(not CPI), I'm just wondering what benefits from 1972 would be worth now.
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Haven't got mine yet . My late mum said she used to get it , being a pensioner. I think it was back in the 70s .
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That's £10 towards it then 🤣
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If they took £10 off benefits there would be uproar, but to give you £10 and still moan? It baffles me, I welcome it.
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I would have made the same donation (more than £10) regardless. It is an insult in 2025 to be suggesting that £10 is a 'bonus'. All of these tiny transactions are costing DWP thousands of pounds in bank fees and admin fees. There are better ways of spending this money in larger amounts rather than spreading it out so thinly that it's barely noticeable to each individual.
Literally no-one would notice if they took £10 off of a years worth of benefits. It's 20p a week. Not even £1 a month.
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Honestly you baffle me, they're giving you ten quid and still you moan of the cost to the DWP?…Where would they spend all this transaction money. Just take it and be grateful like most people. Honestly wouldn't have thought someone giving you money would cause an outcry.
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Haha its not the fact there giving you a tenna it's the fact it's Oliver season and they want more more 🤣
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We should all meet up in a nice homely pub with a live fire, put our Christmas bonus tennas in a kitty and have a Chidtmas drink... 🍹🍷🍺🍺🍺
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We should, you'll get two pints of something. I know a beer can be bought for £4.50. Unless it's London then it's a tenner a pint😂
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Just had an email to say my energy bill is going up another £10 from January, so that's the bonus gone unfortunately, so might give the pub a miss😂😂
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Me neither yet @Andi66
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Nothing for me yet. Those of us on the PIP equivalent in Scotland,ADP,do still get it. It arrived for me as late as December 15th a few years ago,last year it arrived early in the qualifying week,which it shouldn't do.
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I think the point being made was that the cost to the DWP is huge, in terms of their payment processing, letters, transaction feeds and other administration, especially given how tokenistic the payment feels to many people, and that that money might be better spent elsewhere.
A number of years back I received a letter from council tax stating I had underpaid by a penny, I remember at the time thinking how much more than the penny it would have cost them to send that letter. I received another letter a few days later, with pages of new calculations, stating they owed me 5p. I think there are similar considerations to be made here.
This topic comes up every year and there are lots of points to consider. Of course not everyone is going to agree and depending on personal circumstances £10 can mean a lot more to one person than to another. The issue isn’t ingratitude, it’s that the bonus hasn’t kept pace with inflation. A payment that loses value year after year stops being meaningful support.
People aren’t complaining because they expect luxuries. They’re pointing out that £10 in 2025 doesn’t buy what £10 bought in 1972. That’s a reasonable observation, not entitlement.
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As a gentle reminder, disagreement is fine, but personal or dismissive remarks aren’t helpful or appopriate on the community. Different views don't cancel out someone's experience and people are sharing their experiences in good faith. Leeping things non-personal will help ensure the discussion stay constructive.
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Well I think we knew that to be honest. Where are the personal and dismissive remarks though? I see this a lot on some post's, are some people being over sensitive or is it how you see it as being personal etc.? All I see is a difference of opinion, which is how things should be in my world.
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"Why are some people so ungrateful, baffles me." - calling anyone with questions or different opinions ungrateful (personal)
"Honestly you baffle me, they're giving you ten quid and still you moan of the cost to the DWP?…Where would they spend all this transaction money. Just take it and be grateful like most people. Honestly wouldn't have thought someone giving you money would cause an outcry." - directed at a person, saying they baffle you, saying their opinion is moaning, telling them to be grateful (insinuating they're not). The last sentence is dismissing opinions and valid points as 'outcry', no one has been outcrying (personal AND dismissive)
"some would still moan; it's in their DNA! 🙄" - speaks for itself (personal and dismissive)
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@SwiftFox, we will usually post a gentle reminder on discussions if comments start to feel personal or directed at individuals rather than the idea being discussed.
For example, saying you’re happy with the £10 Christmas Bonus and feel it’s fair is about the topic itself. But describing people who hold different views as “ungrateful” can start to feel personal, and that’s usually when the team would step in to try and keep things constructive and prevent escalation.
If you’d like to explore this further, it might be better to start a new discussion so this one can stay focused.
Bringing things back to the topic:
When I was looking into this, I found that in 2008 the payment was temporarily increased to £70 as a one-off, to provide extra support to certain groups and help stimulate the economy.
I'd be interested to hear what people feel the purpose of the bonus should be?
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@Adrian_Scope In answer to your question, this is my personal view.
The £10 bonus no longer serves as meaningful support. The fact it was raised to £70 in 2008 proves even the government recognised that £10 was not enough, it only became useful when increased. If the purpose is genuine help, it should rise with inflation so it keeps its value.
If the purpose is simply tradition, then it risks being little more than bureaucracy. For me, the bonus should be a seasonal acknowledgement that retains real value, otherwise it is better scrapped and the money redirected to where it can make a difference.
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