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income support
An income-related benefit payable under the Social Security Acts to persons over 16 whose income and savings do not exceed a prescribed amount, and who are not working 16 or more hours a week, and (if applicable) whose spouses, civil partners, or cohabitants are not working 24 hours or more a week, and who are incapable of or unavailable for work (for example, because they are disabled or a lone parent). Since October 1996 unemployed people who are available for work have received a jobseeker’s allowance rather than income support. Income support is currently (2013–24) being replaced by Universal Credit. |