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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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One used to be known as incapacity benefit.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

About two fifths of new incapacity benefit claimants under 25 came directly from education.

From BBC Mar. 17, 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

Meanwhile there have been cuts in incapacity benefit of 13%.

From The Guardian Dec. 4, 2012

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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