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Has anyone else been paid short?

spikeforhire
spikeforhire Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited January 2019 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hello everyone im a newbee...please excuse any of my texts that aren't spelled properly..im not the sharpest knife in the draw......right...has anyone else been paid short on their esa..mine is usually £375 per fortnight..when i checked today it is £187...is it because of the Christmas holidays do you think?? Thanks in advance x
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  • Shaylea38
    Shaylea38 Member Posts: 2 Listener
    Hi Spikeforhire, I just looked & same exactly half of what I should have been paid, something fishy going on me thinx.
    Oh & Welcome, I'm a newbìi too.

           Shay😁


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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 23,762 Disability Gamechanger
    Hi,

    There's nothing fishy going on at all. It's just an error made by the computers at DWP. It's happened to a lot of people and is nothing to worry about. You'll receive the other half on the date you're supposed to receive it. After this payments will return to normal.
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