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Incapacity Benefit & Income Support

LimeLight
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What's the difference?
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  • Indie_Kid
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    Incpacity benefit is based on NI (unless IB Youth) and isn't based on savings or partners income or savings.
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  • alwaysonthego_2
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    In what context?
  • LimeLight
    LimeLight Posts: 8,038 Forumite
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    i.m always reading about incapacity benefits being cut etc and just wondered whether it was just being used as an umbrella term for everyone who claims sickness.
    just passing through.... Nothing to see....
  • alwaysonthego_2
    alwaysonthego_2 Posts: 8,421 Forumite
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    LimeLight wrote: »
    i.m always reading about incapacity benefits being cut etc and just wondered whether it was just being used as an umbrella term for everyone who claims sickness.
    No it isn't claimants have to claim ESA as IB is no longer claimable for new applicants.
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