Coming into effect from today (29 September 2017), claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) support group and Universal Credit (UC) recipients with limited capability for work and work-related activity will no longer need to be reassessed if they:
- have a severe, lifelong disability, illness or health condition
- are unlikely to ever be able to move into work
See Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit: changes to the Work Capability Assessment for more information.
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