The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 18) (Abolition of Benefits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025. (S.R. 2025 NO. 176 (C. 3)). This Order is a further stage in the replacement of six benefits with universal credit (“UC”). The Order appoints the dates for ending future entitlement to income support and income-based jobseeker’s allowance for all claimants and for ending future entitlement to income-related employment and support allowance in relation to claimants currently receiving only the contributory allowance in an award of old style ESA. It also ends awards of housing benefit where working age claimants cease to occupy temporary or supported accommodation.

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