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incapacity benefit

British

noun

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

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And from 2015, more and more people claimed incapacity benefit.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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

Demonstrators also targeted the Department for Work and Pensions office Claire Glasman, Winvisible campaigner, has cerebral palsy and is on incapacity benefit.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 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

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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