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I think the budget announcement that current claimants won't receive any less for their ESA is just a sugar coating.
The latter would avoid clobbering current claimants, but would be a strange move for a government that wants to get people off welfare.
A spokeswoman said: "A monthly figure better reflects the number of current claimants who are subject to a sanction, and is therefore a better estimate at a given point in time".
From 2013, those seeking disability living allowance (DLA) will have to go through a strict new medical assessment to help "reduce dependency and promote work", with many current claimants set to lose out under the new regime.
"A monthly figure better reflects the number of current claimants who are subject to a sanction, and is therefore a better estimate at a given point in time," a DWP spokesman said.
Clegg proposed a series of changes to the £500-a-week cap, including exempting current claimants, in an attempt to ameliorate some of the worst consequences of the change, which critics claim will make 40,000 families homeless by making their current homes unaffordable.
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Mike Love leads the current claimant to the Beach Boys trademark, which includes neither Brian Wilson nor any of his brothers.
"I'd probably have to rely on food banks," wrote one current claimant, who wanted to remain anonymous, calculating the possibility of incorporating a £30 cut to his weekly budget.
The system is creaking at the seams even with the tiny number of current trial claimants.
Under the current system, claimants can lose 90p of every extra £1 they earn as their benefits are tapered off.
New claims will now be treated under the PIP system, before current DLA claimants start moving to PIP in October if their circumstances change or an existing claim ends.
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