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ESA question
Hello. I'm a bit confused. I'm one of the ESA claimants who are still to transfer to UC, and was wondering about a facet of the UC Act. It says the ESA rate will be frozen, but won't ESA be abolished next spring anyway?
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ESA letter
Hi I had letter from esa informing me of award of £140.55, stating the support group element also mentioned £10 Christmas bonus,but on back of letter it says from APRIL 2025 TO NOVEMBER 2025 , of which this is confusing me does this mean it ends in November? Can anyone please advise thankyou
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migrating to if from esa
mmy deadline to migrate is the 26th of July is it to late of I start my claim on the 15th
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ESA support group and studying
Hello, I currently receive ESA support group (which apparently is conts based as its support group), PIP and separate UC top up on the ESA, where I did not have to have another medical for the UC. I am unsure why they ESA and UC are separate, but UC look at what ESA pay me and then they top it up due to the disability…
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Esa support income related and defined private pension
Hi I recently needed funds for new windows as the landlord freeholder wanted them changed due to rot. I realised I could access a private pension which I had not considered thinking there would be nothing in it. There was £35.000 Being on ESA I knew a lump sum of £6000 would not affect my ESA Support income related.…
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Nervous for assessment
what kinds of things are asked in a LCWRA assessment? I’m really nervous. I do have long standing mental health condition that they know about but it’s sending me into over drive
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Are these just standard letters from ESA?
Hi all Ok so mum has got 2 new letters from ESA today along with her P45 from them. One of them I'm pretty sure is just telling us that her ESA has stopped with her moving to UC the other mentions contribution and something about taxable income and mums is £0 is this just a standard letter or is this one about contribution…
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ESA & PIP - Part time education
Hi there I am on income based ESA and high rate PIP, I have carers mon to Friday in the morning and then thats me pretty much me on my own. I would like to do a college course, Part time but Im scared they will say if you can go to college then why not get a job? Is that a fair assumption? Any thoughts would be appreciated
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New Style ESA application timeline
Sharing my timeline in the hope that it helps others. 12/02/25 applied online. Same day I received a text message to confirm they had received my application and that they would be in contact within 14 days. They included a link to enable me to upload new Fit Notes. 21/02/25 I uploaded a new Fit Note using the online link…
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Changing bank details but 5 weeks from UC migration.
Hello, its blooming typical, the bank I have been with since a child closed the local branch "use the app" the problem is owing to the vision loss the app crashes with the font put on max, They replaced the branch with a person in the local library and the only advice she can give is travel 27 miles to the nearest branch,…
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Esa straight to appeal
Hi everyone. Alittle advice please. I was awarded 0 points for esa as my assessor said I was able to use a manual wheelchair if I had one( I cant bend or lift heavy objects due to arthrosis of lumber spine) so how can I lift a wheelchair in and out a car.. anyway since I was awarded 0 points she said on the phone she was…
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Accrued holiday taken as pay
Hey all, I've been on new style ESA in the support group since December 2023 when my sick pay ended. My employer would like me to return to work if I improve enough to. I have long covid that has worsened after a dvt and lung clots. I'm trying a lot of treatments but I've not yet improved enough to try working again.…
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ESA/LCRWA ASSESMENT
I just got through to esa after nearly a week of trying. They told me the previous letters were sent in error and there’s nothing I need to do. However he did tell me to call CAPTIA for my assesment as I’ve been waiting since April 3rd. Finally got assesment date 15/7 @1200 kind of nervous. Is it similar to PIP? I had…
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Migrating from esa
Hi I’m Angie . I am on ESA but I am currently migrating to universal credit which is a joint claim for myself and my husband.I am in the wrag and I have chronic daily migraines that vary in levels of pain and also have many triggers mainly being smells,chemical and perfume odours and cleaning products being some of…
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Uc50 lcwra assessment
hi I applied for ESA march 4th. Payments started then. Since I’ve been waiting to hear for my assesment. I’ve sent my UC50 back in april. Does anyone know how long I’ll be waiting for it? Roughly? Do I need to ring and ask for it? New to all this…
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ESA Migration Help
Hi fellow Scopers , I have been on Income related ESA since aprox 2007 ,had absolutely no problems ...until now. I have been forced (like many)to migrate to UC,So I did,I stopped getting my income related ESA on 27th May ,received my last payment on 9th June aprox , I received a call from my chemist saying I was no longer…
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Esa assessment
My Sister has worked since she was 17,she's 58 now, just over 10 yrs ago she had breast cancer and had a Mastectomy, the scars she was left with looked like a Shark bite. She had reconstruction on the site and has suffered since, the implant had rolled up and adhered to her chest wall causing constant inflammation, pain…
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Part time study
Hi everyone, I’m looking to start a part-time Master’s with flexible study. I currently receive PIP and ESA (support group), and I’ve been told that the Master’s loan isn’t split into tuition and maintenance but will be spread across 2 years. Does anyone know if starting this kind of study could affect my benefits or…
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Found out i been missing ton money
Long story short. Got my dreaded UC migration letter so.used entitledto calculator. I get esa support group and comes to £318.50 ebery 2 weeks. But entitled to says i should be gettimg £204 a week!! Took me AGES to.work out its to do with carers allowance? Nobody gets carer allowance from me since my mum passed away in…
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Hi, my name is Jamie999! New style ESA appointment worries. What should I expect?
I joined today as I value any help I am given. Especially as I get anxiety problems with certain things. I have stage 4 severe COPD and, as you can imagine, if I get too worked up it has a serious impact on my breathing as I can't catch my breath which makes the anxiety and breathing worse . It can be a scary and serious…