Wickets continued to fall - Clarke taking 3-26 - and the Windies were barely helped when a rain shower reduced their over allowance to 41, with only nine runs ticked off.
The chancellor told the BBC that, with the personal tax allowance being raised "rapidly", it would have eventually overtaken the over-65s allowance anyway.
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Ch Insp Andrew Mason, of Suffolk Police, said it has been important to tackle the issue as one can of super-strength beer can put drinkers over the recommended daily allowance.
Severe disablement allowance will be stopped for the over-20s, since they are eligible for other benefits, such as income support.
Last week, peers inflicted three defeats on the coalition over proposed changes to eligibility for employment support allowance (ESA) - formerly known as incapacity benefit.
MPs also backed ministers by 332 to 266 over plans to means-test the same allowance after 12 months, so people recovering from an illness or injury will be able to claim contributory ESA for one year rather than the two years proposed by peers.
On the other hand, if you spend less than your allowance, you get to roll it over to be splurged in the future (like a trip to Maui this summer).
Last week Derek Conway had the Tory whip withdrawn and was suspended from the Commons for 10 days over payments to his son Freddie out of his MP's allowance.
Earlier this year Mr Scargill, 74, sued the NUM Yorkshire Area Trust Fund over a range of expenses he said he was owed, which included a car allowance.
On the one side of the spectrum, there are those who make little allowance for the unique challenges posed by terrorism, and would almost never put national security over transparency.
They also voted by 324 to 265 to back the government over plans to stop young disabled people who have never worked from being able to claim a "contributory" allowance.
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