The UK government has said the Welfare Reform Bill would save billions of pounds by replacing Disability Living Allowance with a personal independence payment and replacing a range of other benefits with a single universal credit.
People on Disability Living Allowance (and the Personal Independence Payment replacing it) will be among those exempt from the cap.
Allow early payment of Winter Fuel Allowance to pensioners whose homes are not connected to the mains grid, and instead use oil, liquid petroleum gas or propane gas for heating.
The union also successfully disputed Mr Scargill's fuel allowance at his Barnsley home and payment for the preparation of his annual tax return but not the cost of his security system in Yorkshire.
It also introduces tougher sanctions for those who refuse work and replaces the disability living allowance with a new Personal Independence Payment, which requires claimants to go through regular assessments of how their condition affects them.
The bill also introduces tougher sanctions for those who refuse work and replaces the disability living allowance with a new Personal Independence Payment, which requires claimants to go through regular assessments of how their condition affects them.
The bill would allow for the early payment of the winter fuel allowance to people whose homes are not connected to the mains gas grid and whose principal source of fuel is home fuel oil, liquid petroleum gas or propane gas.
The bill would also replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a personal independence payment.
It mustered a 16 vote majority against Crossbencher Lady Grey Thompson's amendment calling for an independent study and pilot programmes before the new Personal Independence Payment for disabled people replaces Disability Living Allowance.
One piece of good news was the announcement of an additional 40 euros payment to households in receipt of the winter fuel allowance because of the recent harsh weather.
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The government's Universal Credit will eventually replace housing benefits, jobseeker's allowance, tax credits, income support, employment and support allowance - formerly known as incapacity benefit - with a single payment.
The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will replace the existing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in April.
Asked about his policy on universal benefits for pensioners, such as the winter fuel allowance, the Labour leader said he was a supporter of the payment and there was independent evidence that it had been effective at tackling fuel poverty.
The universal credit will replace jobseeker's allowance, tax credits, income support, employment and support allowance - formerly known as incapacity benefit - and housing benefits with a single payment.
Disability Living Allowance will start to be replaced for new claimants in the north of England from today by the Personal Independence Payment.
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Over the same period, over-payment due to fraud and error in the two best-measured benefits, Income Support and Jobseekers Allowance, went down by 18% though much of that came from stricter front-line procedures, and Income Support over-payments rose slightly last year.
At 4.30pm the Work and Pensions Committee quizzes the final witnesses in its inquiry on Universal Credit, the new social security benefit which replaces Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support, Child Tax Credits, Housing Benefit and other working-age benefits with one single payment.
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