Pressure is mounting on Liz Truss not to "betray" millions of pensioners and benefit claimants by inflicting a real-terms cut in April.
Boris Johnson had promised benefits would rise in April 2023 by inflation - a figure that was today confirmed as 10.1%.
And just weeks ago, Liz Truss was promising the state pension would rise by the triple lock - also pushing it up by 10.1%.
