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
And from 2015, more and more people claimed incapacity benefit.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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
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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