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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

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

Official decisions not to award PIP and incapacity benefit to claimants are still often challenged and around a third of those challenges are ultimately upheld at an independent tribunal.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2025

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

From The Guardian Dec. 4, 2012

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

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