incapacity benefit
Britishnoun
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The proportion of working age people claiming incapacity benefit had fallen well below 5% in 2015, now it's 7%.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
About two fifths of new incapacity benefit claimants under 25 came directly from education.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
By 2030, around half of the expenditure is projected to be on incapacity benefit, which is designed to provide additional income for people whose health limits their ability to work.
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
Fovargue said the situation would only get worse with the drive to bring people off incapacity benefit and on to the jobseeker's allowance, where they are suddenly exposed to these sanctions.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2011
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