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Transitional protection tries to ensure that existing benefit claimants don’t miss out when benefits entitlements are cut.  Transitional protection under the Universal Credit system will be available to protect those that move over from the old system, for example ESA. However this protection will be lost over time as it won’t be uprated with inflation.  Minister Mark Hoban has also stated- with regard  to changes of circumstances ‘Therefore transitional protection will end altogether if a claimant's  circumstances change significantly (i.e.)

· a partner leaving or joining the household;

· a sustained (three-month) earnings drop beneath the level of work that is expected according to their claimant commitment;

· the universal credit award ending; and/or

· one (or both) members of the household stopping work.

Once transitional protection has ended it will not be applied to any future awards.’  

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