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Hi, my name is carol124! Would working affect my New Style ESA and PIP entitlement?

Hi, I’m on New Style Esa and lower rate daily living pip. I would love to try and work for a few hours each week, I have been previously self employed how would this work under permitted work and can you do this indefinitely. I am too frightened to apply for permitted work in case it upsets my benefits, thank you.
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@poppy123456 is the expert here and I’m sure she will give you some advice when she sees this post .
i asked this same question not so long ago . I can’t advise on esa from what I read you can work I think up to 16 hours on esa but don’t quote me on that as I know nothing on esa .
regarding pip you can work as long as it doesn’t go against what you told them so example I was given if you said you couldn’t walk far in your assessment and your on your feet all day 5 days a week that can go against what you said .
but as long as you can work on esa as you can on pip and doesn’t go against the descriptors for pip then go for it what sort of work was you thinking of you doing . I wish you luck with it .
@poppy123456 you mentioned just could re assess you do you mean in general or do you mean getting a job could trigger it ? But I worked for 45 minutes before deciding I couldn’t do it could that mean I could get a early reassessment from that or do you mean in general x
I’ll try and relax xx