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Staff said they hoped this would be resolved before the programme was rolled out nationwide for new claimants from October.
Previously, they were eligible for twice their losses, as are claimants from other industries.
There's nothing new about the attempt to divide "benefit claimants" from deserving working people.
The cut applies to new ESA Wrag claimants from April 2017.
ESA replaced incapacity benefit, income support and severe disablement allowance for new claimants from October 2008.
The support group component also exempts ESA claimants from the benefit cap.
The change, predicted by The Independent last week, will affect new claimants from 2017 but not existing ones.
Punitive damages can't be the reason either: federal law prevents most of the claimants from getting punitive damages.
These old, harsh rules can cause real hardship and can even discourage elderly claimants from commencing actions.
James Purnell, the work and pensions secretary, thinks that it is vital to prevent short-term claimants from turning into long-term jobless.
He said: "They seem to have mistaken cutting the true cost of welfare for simply moving claimants from one benefit to another.
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