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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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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Critics say the main sickness benefit, the replacement for incapacity benefit, has so far failed to achieve the government's goals.

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