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Tens of thousands lose their ESA as welfare reforms begin to bite

10/05/2012 – 9:00 am

Tens of thousands of disabled people have lost all of their out-of-work disability benefits this week, thanks to new rules brought in by the government through its controversial Welfare Reform Act.
The act introduced a new one-year time limit on claiming the contributory form of employment and support allowance (ESA) for those disabled people expected to [...]

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Government to continue sanctions for ESA work experience scheme

09/03/2012 – 9:00 am

The government is pressing ahead with plans that could see disabled people lose their benefits if they drop out of a work experience scheme, despite backing down on imposing such sanctions on young people.
This week, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) bowed to pressure from campaigners and businesses and removed the threat of benefit [...]

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