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millymay

Any help or advice please

I claim esa(,sick pay)

After an assessment in January , I was taken off it.

I had to claim the dreaded universal credit UC

My esa was re instated and back dated.

Since then however the council have not claimed my rent. ( they say they can't- I have to sign back onto UC)
yet I won my award back onto ESA!
UC I am worse off more than 150. Per month. ( esa say they will pay the rent if it's claimed by the council)

They have now given me a seek and possession order..

Yet without being given housing benefit I can't pay it.

Seems ludicrous, as it's the council that claim on my behalf..

I have legal aid in place for the possession order..

I have written to my councillor, my mp, the head of housing as well as the guardian.

I have been in touch with age uk and McMillan support. Shelter etc

Unless you can help me get to someone who knows the system .

Thanks in advance

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Liam_Alumni

Hi @millymay,

I'm sorry to hear about the problems you've been having.

@Debbie_Scope, can you help?

Debbie_Alumni

Hi @millymay,

I'd like to talk to you about what's happened with your ESA and Universal Credit to see if I can provide some advice about this.

I need to know where you live and some other personal information in order to get you the correct information and it's more secure to do this in a private conversation.

I'm going to send you a private message but just in case it doesn't show up or you don't see it; Please would you contact me at the helpline with your details so that I can arrange a telephone call or an email conversation with you? You can reach me on helpline@scope.org.uk. Mark your email for me and if you could post a link to this discussion thread in the email that would be really helpful too.

Best wishes
Debbie