Author royalties whilst on Benefits

Hi Gordon

Sorry for the delay, I haven’t been well enough to respond until now...

Could I ask a little more...

As I would much rather stay on esa if possible.

If I were to rent a 2 bed properly by myself, then claim SDP, to be able to get backdated and ongoing HB and then my Mum officially needed to move in, I know I’d have to stop the SDP, but would it then enable me to stay on legacy benefits ongoing and when she later moved out To her own home (although perhaps stayed over a few nights as a carer) could I then reclaim SDP - or would it trigger being transferred to UC somewhere in this process anyway? Perhaps when I informed the HB people I needed a 2 bed rate for 2 Full time occupants rather than 1 + carer.

Many thanks again. Just working out the options as eventually I’ll be living alone. And which benefit im on seems to affect publishing my book differently.

C