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I've been told I need to wait for my PIP to come through before I can apply for ESA. What can I do?

I have recently give up carer because I have become ill myself, now my income support has stopped, I have applied for pip but haven't heard from them yet, I have a 15year-old daughter, who I get child tax for, but I have no income coming in for myself, I tried to apply for esa but they told me I had to wait for my pip to come before I could apply, what should I do, im really struggling
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PIp and esa are different benefits so it shouldn't be the case that you have to wait to apply
Have you tried using the benefits calculator to see what you could be claiming there is one on here
I will tag in another champion who is the best to advise you @poppy123456 can you help here
Glad you've joined us.
Further to the comment above from @janer1967, here is Scope's benefit calculator which you may find useful.
Hopefully it won't be long until you hear back about your PIP, how long has it been since you applied? Worth keeping in mind that they do have delays at the moment due to the pandemic, which won't be helping.
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