Having descent from Edward III both in the maternal and paternal line made Richard a significant alternative claimant to the throne if the Lancastrian line failed and by Cognatic primogeniture arguably a superior claim.
Sue Royston, of Citizens Advice, said the severe disability premium was a hugely important benefit, and its abolition would lead to a very significant drop in claimants' income.
The whole policy relies on the assumption that there is a significant number of claimants who won't work without a big stick behind them.
This can be significant if the claimants want to try and have the document returned or if, for instance, they want to see if they can identify the source who leaked it.
"The ruling is significant for all claimants of looted art from the Nazi era, setting aside any possibility of restitution being achieved in this way, and showing that the government ought now to legislate in order to achieve clarity for all claimants," she said.
Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG, said: A somewhat mixed bag for UK employment data provided a marginal boost for the pound this morning, as the deterioration in average earnings and a rise in claimants were offset by a significant revision to the claimants figure for July.
It was indeed "tabloid gold" designed to appeal to prurience, and it did entail a significant intrusion on the claimant's private life.
Some claimants received significant economic benefits.
In addition, IB's status as a social insurance payment was blurred in 1999 with the introduction of limited means-testing for new claimants with significant (private) pension income, even those who had made sufficient social insurance payments to be otherwise fully covered for IB benefits.
Claimants and significant others were interviewed separately at a time convenient to them in their own homes, with the interviews lasting around one hour.
After exclusion of the 83 claimants, statistically significant interaction was seen for risk of losing job and concerned about losing job.
