incapacity benefit

noun

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

Example Sentences

A basket of benefits have, by law, to go up in line with prices - such as the Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Carers' Allowance and Incapacity Benefit.

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Assessors wrongly calculated the income of thousands of people during the process that resulted in people moving from incapacity benefit and severe disability allowance onto ESA.

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ESAs, worth up to £73.10 per week, is designed to replace older forms of support, such as incapacity benefit.

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In November, the BBC revealed huge problems in the transfer of people from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support Allowance.

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Mistakes were made when incapacity benefit claimants were moved on to employment and support allowance between 2011 to 2014.

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