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Cuts to employment and support allowance 'considered'

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:45 am
by MSUK
Ministers are considering drastically cutting the main Employment and Support Allowance sickness benefit, internal documents seen by the BBC suggest.

New claimants, judged to be capable of work with appropriate support, could be given just 50p more per week than people on job seekers allowance.

Current recipients get almost £30 per week more..... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/MSnews