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<p>Our income replacement benefit proposals, as set out in Transforming Support: The
Health and Disability White Paper, will apply to Universal Credit. It is not possible
to submit a new claim for income-related ESA.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our proposal
to improve the design of the benefits system, the UK Government is committed to maintaining
a contributory health and disability benefit. We are currently reviewing options on
how this can be incorporated within the reforms set out in the White Paper.</p><p>
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