The Universal Credit Bill becomes law. Here are the changes to disability benefits you need to know

Hi all,

upon reading yogi bears mail or post or whatever one calls it I can vouch for what he says concerning my personal experience of the dwp this and I'll quote figures(figures being my personal monies received before and after the migration).

late March migration letter received. I was in receipt of £320.55 every fortnight, for income received esa in the support group with housing benefit going in full to the landlord. That £320 was mine to live on pay bills etc, etc. Then the dreaded letter…I had interview with dwp. Long story short, my income related esa was being dropped. They gave me phone number to ring esa Dept as they work independently of each other. (these are the tactics they used). Work independently my ****! anyway, I was then moved to the contribution based esa(which they also call new style esa). at same time I was placed on u.c. Two different benefits at same time. soo…my esa dropped from £320 fortnight to £281 a fortnight. a drop of £39? But because I now receive u.c. I get £107 a fortnight also. which means altogether means I'm better off. in both instances I was and still in receipt of housing benefit.

My one worry originally was the use of names, meaning income related and contribution based. it was my assumption that c.b.only lasted 1year,apparently I am wrong. according to the esa department who I rang.apparantly new style esa is different to the old style ir and cb benefit. hope that makes sense. Socrates 63.

I get CBESA and LCWRA but no pip

I get my cbesa every two weeks and my lcwra at the end of the month.... My ESA gets deducted from it

You have nothing to apologise for. 😂👍️

Thankyou I'm definitely income related with hb of new laws wasn't coming in April 2026 I wouldn't care my mind tells me I won't recieve migration notice only after april 2026 and be classed as new claimants trying to reason and calm myself but I go into blind panic even now heart beating whilst other people be ok and trust process I going into meltdown literally phoning uc mental health team I hate being like this thankyou I hope your well

Oh yogibear thankyou I read 20 times so seems OK? Just have zero trust that they don't change thier minds hopefully mine comes before who would have thought I said that lol still have to read 100 times so means should be ok thankyou x

I used to watch yogibear back in the day

When filling the form in do you put your rent for housing benefit when applying as usually it's dealt with by local council. Are DWP and local council in cahoots.

@Socrates63 thanks for your reply I did think that.

Also I hear that they are a different department to ESA and they also contact them regarding health and reasons on ESA..We worry about stuff because of our health issues but generally is straight forward.

Socrates the great Brazilian midfielder.

Hi again tumilty,

I can't for the life of me work out the punchline on that one. I've been on it for hours. no, sorry uve beaten me. put me out of my misery. What a bizarre picture I've got in my mind, the great socrates on the team bench smoking a ****(terribly hooked on the fags by the way) talking team tactics in a Scottish accent. Funnily enough he almost caused a coup in his own country by threatening to bring to team(national) out on strike over pay. He was a very deep thinker of politics. Hence his nickname socrates. one of the coolest of footballers ever to play the game. in my humble opinion of course. funnily enough I almost used my old username but thought better of it. Just thought I'd share that. 🤔

Not sure if I sent those posts to right person. hope so. if not, oops I apologise.