Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2023/24Part 3: Other means-tested benefits and tax creditsChapter 9: Income-related employment and support allowance 6. Claims and backdating
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6. Claims and backdating
You cannot make a new claim for income-related employment and support allowance (ESA). General rules about claims and backdating are covered in Chapter 50. For the specific rules that applied to income-related ESA, see pp166–68 of the 2020/21 edition of this Handbook.
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