confused: UC or continue 2pay rent on contrib ESA?

hope you can help as I'm so confused.

I was on Housing benefit and IR ESA with SDP but that all stopped because of an inheritance. Since then I've been on contrib ESA (support group) & paying 100% of my rent & £80+ council tax per month, but now, my savings have dropped below £16k (over £6k). Got advice from w rights worker and I have now informed ESA, they want bank statement on file - fine by me.

Now my W rights worker says I have to claim UC instead of me paying my rent out of savings, so when ESA put me through to UC I asked what happens with my rent payments. They said I can claim UC for rent or I can continue to pay the full amount of my rent out of my savings.

I am now totally confused what I am supposed to do.

ESA told me ESA contrib will carry on till assesment date as I'm in the support group, but, w r worker says I will get UC in its place as my savings have dropped.

I am so, so confused!! I don't know what I am supposed to do I just thought I am entitled to means tested benefit now and that I'd get some of my rent paid by a benefit, but I'm left feeling I have a choice and I just don't know now what to claim for and what not to claim for.

Help!!!
thank you so much

hiyah still a lil confused, sorry!
when the esa ir was stopped along with the sdp, only then did i begin to get contributory esa.

with regards to my rent, i am still unclear if now I need to apply for ir esa, or for uc, or for hb, or, if i continue to pay 100% of my rent out of the rest of the savings that have now dropped below £16k.

with regards to savings below 16k, i am still unclear if i ask for ir esa or uc in place of esa contributory or as well as esa contributory.

many thanks again for your further clarification as I can't yet get my head around it!!
cheers

thank you for the clarification.
I got to speak also with a senior w r advisor and they said the same as you.

moral of this story - if in any doubt about advice, attempt to get it double checked if at all possible.

I have been advised that the DWP will possibly try to refuse to do the right thing, but now I am ready to fight them tooth and nail, now that I have a definitive answer as to exactly what benefits I'm fully entitled to and which benefits to absolutely not to apply for.

good luck everyone and stay strong and thank you