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7 years 10 months ago #191844 by frances law
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hi , iwas in receipt of esa support group , my husband who is ten years older than me became of age to qualify for pension credit , ias informed for my husband to get pension credit I had to phone esa and tell them I did not want to claim esa until they set up my husbands pension credit as he was claiming as a couple , dwp told my husband your p.credit is say 200 a week and your esa is 200 a week , my esa was totally cancelled , my husband is also my carer and gets carers allowance which they take of him andgive him the lesser premium rate , and carers is also taxable , when I was in receipt of esa , if I claimed for myself I could have got 109, per week as I claimed for my husband before he qualified for pension credit we got 114, per week as a couple , does that mean my husband was only an extra 5 pounds per week as they say that's what the government say a couple can live on , if he had claimed esa he would have got at least 73 pounds per week , it seems to be the highwaymen robbers have a nest of rogues etc and it is called houses of commons and lords f,
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7 years 10 months ago #191867 by Gordon
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In general I would expect you to be better off under Pension Credit than ESA and you will of course remove the requirement for regular reassessment.
The difference between the single person allowance and the couples rate is just over £40 (£71 v £114) you then have the SG rate and the CA Premium added.
Although CA is taxable, if you are receiving the couples rate of ESA I would not expect you to be paying tax as you would not be earning enough.
You can check what you should be receiving by putting your information in one of the online benefit calculators.
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In general I would expect you to be better off under Pension Credit than ESA and you will of course remove the requirement for regular reassessment.
The difference between the single person allowance and the couples rate is just over £40 (£71 v £114) you then have the SG rate and the CA Premium added.
Although CA is taxable, if you are receiving the couples rate of ESA I would not expect you to be paying tax as you would not be earning enough.
You can check what you should be receiving by putting your information in one of the online benefit calculators.
www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators
Gordon
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