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  • Beesmummy798
    Beesmummy798 Community member Posts: 71 Courageous
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    calcotti said:
    You can cancel the ESA if you wish and your UC will go up so you get the same amount of money overall - but I would not recommend this.

    Let’s say for example that you win £20,000 or form a new relationship with somebody with lots of income and/or savings - these changes would end your UC but would not affect your ESA. Claiming a non means tested benefit therefore makes sense to protect yourself against changes of circumstance. If you end the ESA you would not be entitled to claim it again if you have not been working in the last couple of years.
    Thankyou sooooo much. I understand it now. I have searched and searched Google for a while now trying to get an explanation. You're a star @calcotti ?
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