Spending Review: ESA limited to one year

The ESA reform could impact one million people and applies to those placed in the Work Related Activity Group. Only the most severly disabled claimants, who are placed in the support group which includes those terminally ill and on certain types of chemotherapy, will be exempt. Osborne said the measures should save £2bn a year. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants in residential care will see the two forms of the benefit merged while a new overall cap on benefits will also be introduced. Osborne said: "We will time-limit contributory ESA for those in the Work Related Acti...