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Also known as:- Employment Support Allowance Contribution based - Proposed Changes
Service Description: The Welfare Reform Bill currently going through Parliament is proposing two changes to contributory Employment and Support Allowance: • to limit the amount of time that people in the Work Related Activity Group can receive contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance to 12 months • to remove the special rules for Employment and Support Allowance ‘youth’ If passed by Parliament these changes will be introduced in Spring 2012.