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incapacity benefit

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) a regular government payment made to people who are unable to work for an extended period through disability

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Those aged under 22 will no longer be able to claim the incapacity benefit top-up to universal credit under these proposals.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025

But you can only receive incapacity benefit if your income and savings are below a certain level, so freezing payments would impact people who are worse off.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

Around 93% of incapacity benefit claimants are not in work and the same is true of 80% of PIP claimants.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

More than 25% of the working population in Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent are claiming out-of-work benefits, either incapacity benefit or jobseeker's allowance.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2011

If you're on incapacity benefit for two years, you are more likely to die on it than come off it.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2010

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