Any update regarding ESA/JSA

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  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 2,120 Trailblazing
    edited April 11
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1016075#Comment_1016075

    I don't begrudge anybody support if they can't work and have no or low savings. I've been in that position because I was disabled so young. However, I'm by no means wealthy how. My legacy CB-ESA is just so important. A short term insurance benefit is pointless. There's no way I can work.

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 2,120 Trailblazing

    There is a section in the Green Paper that gave the impression that this "reform" was for "new claims":

    53. Unemployment insurance would be a new non-means tested entitlement for people who have contributed into the system. It would be created by replacing contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with a new single entitlement, paid at the current ESA rate (currently £138pw) and will be time-limited. This would provide stronger income protection during periods of unemployment for those with a recent work record, while revitalising the ‘something-for-something’ contributory principle in the working-age system. People claiming this would be expected to actively seek work, with easements for those with work-limiting health conditions.

    54. Alongside levelling up the rate, this change would end the indefinite entitlement to contributory ESA for those assessed as having limited capability for work-related activity (for new people claiming). Those unemployed after the time-limited period would be able to claim UC, depending on their personal circumstances. We believe this reform would align with the removal of the WCA, by offering a route to financial support for those with temporary and short-term health conditions, including for those who may not be entitled to PIP and therefore not entitled to the health element of UC.

    Has anybody heard more about this forgotten "reform"?

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