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no payment since moved address
Hi,I moved from Wales to England and since writing to ESA with my change of address I've received no payments :( I've been waiting for it to get sorted as I presumed it may take a bit of time with the change of benefit office but I've had no payments for 6 weeks now and it can't go on. Has anyone experienced anything…
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ESA wca
So I had a work capability assessment for esa on Friday I was very stressed about it. It lasted a whole 17 mins and I barely got a chance to explain anything and that I wanted to. Now feeling like I didn’t say anything I wanted to. I did explain fully on the forms. weirdly the assessor referred to something on a past form.…
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Esa new claim
Hi hope everyone is keeping well. I'm looking for advice regarding claiming esa for the first time. We have received our 1st UC payment since managed migration from WTC. Myself and my wife are both in receipt of pip both the standard daily living and standard mobility. We are both receiving the carers element on our UC…
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Employment and ESA
I’ve been off sick from work for 14 months now and I am unlikely to return due to the nature of the job. If I hand my notice in will that affect my ESA payments?
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Hi, my name is SusieB! I'm appointee for my disabled son. ESA and UC support
Hello im appointee for my disabled son, he was on old style esa and stupidly took a job which lasted 4 days. I rang old style esa and was told to put in a mandatory reconsideration, I now know that was the wrong advice. I waited 7 weeks to be told he needed to apply for new style esa which I did and they said he qualified,…
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ESA and new universal migration query
Hi. I'm confused and worried. Just read that everyone on most benefits are changing to universal credit this year. They say they give you 2 weeks pay up front but is it true you have to go 5 weeks min without any while they change you over? Also does the rent paid straight to them stop? Please help if anyone knows anything!
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ESA Cont and ESA Income based query.
I have been receiving income based ESA for 15 years, I also receive PIP. My partner has moved in with me and applied for Carer's Allowance, this happened a month ago. Carers Allowance say it will take 6 weeks to review his claim. I notified everyone I was supposed to. My partner has no savings and no income and I now need…
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ESA IR as mixed age couple.....State Pension
I sent in an ESA3 form mid Feb and I am still awaiting it to be processed. This is in regards of my partner stopping his IS and myself on CB ESA at present and to be assessed for an Income related Top up ESA. I have chased it up and they have apparently escalated it as it is linked to my HB and my need to pay the rent. If…
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Esa Review
Excitingly the DWP contacted me by telephone this morning. The review was started on the 7th July and they have finally realised I have changed my Drs.My fault! They want to write to my new gp for further evidence.This Im unsure about as I sent then enough to write a book with! Normal practice or are they gearing…
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Got text message dwp on my esa
Hi I got txt message from dwp since I send my bank statements txt message said we have received bank statements you send from my esa this will be actioned from 11/3/24 there no need contact us . That what said but don’t understand what actioned mean
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DWP April benefits increases letter
Hi, I recently received the April benefit increase letters but have noticed its now saying it's only from April to Nov, anybody know why this is and what happens in Nov? Also it mentions my income related amount of X less £0.00 so you would of been entitled to x. However because I'm entitled to contribution based ESA we…
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ESA
Hi I've had a letter saying I will get ESA backdated to 7/1/24. I've had 2 randomn payments in the last couple of weeks which don't add up to what I'm owed. (About £200 short). Shouldn't the backdated amount just be paid in one go? I can't find anywhere where it says which day of the week I should be paid. The 2 payments…
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ESA overpayment - help please
Hi there! DWP are saying that they have overpaid income-related ESA to my son. We have to submit a Mandatory Reconsideration form to challenge their decision. Before we do this we need to understand how ESA works. Put simply Guy got his ESA monthly and after his partner moved in with us, his parents, and Guy (prior to the…
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Esa Help
I get employment support allowance contribution based. I have today received a letter from DWP On behalf of the fraud and error prevention service centre manager. They are saying HMRC have notified the department of my earnings from my employer They want my payslips from October 2023 to January 2024. It appears from the…
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ESA support group and self employed permitted work
Hello all. I have been on a long journey since 2008 with health issue which all began with chronic pain. In this time I have had multiple diagnoses which seems never ending. I have been a workaholic since I remember and have had a tendency to become very low and depressed if I am not working. As the years have gone on it…
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Desperate, can someone please help? LCW problems.
HI, I am posting hoping that someone can please help me and give me advice on the best thing to do. I suffer from severe anxiety for which I am prescribed sertraline and lorazepam and have been on these meds for over two years. I was living off savings until they ran out so I applied for contribution based ESA. I had my…
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ESA and inheritance
My ESA was suspended 12 months ago after I informed them of my inheritance. I contacted them in November when my savings were at £9000. Since then I have sent 4 letters with no reply. My savings are dwindling rapidly. Can't get through to them on phone. Don't know what to do?
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Waiting bank statements in post
Hi I have not sleep just want let know that my support worker called me want help me get bank statements I ordered bank statements but I don’t know how much got time left I got wait on my partner bank statement but mess her around I can’t send mine first since they have go together since want both bank statements my…
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Need some advice
currently on UC and LCWRA but also decided to take on a full time course at university and also applied for Maintenance Loan, will this affect my benefits?, will it affect universal credit and LCWRA or am I just worrying too much, anxiety is getting a lot better and i wanted to face a new challenge and overcome my social…
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ESA LWCRA AND PENSIONS
Hi, I was assessed by the DWP in 2021 and they assessed me as having a low capacity to work and find work. I carried on working until last month, when I found that I couldn't cope anymore. I receive ESA and UC, Can I take some money out of my pension pot and not be disqualified from the above benefits? I'm nearly 58. I'm a…