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3 years 6 months ago #264506 by Emma-Louise
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What would happen to my ESA if I tried to do some part time work? I am in the support group and get £39 extra and an extra disability income guarantee of £17.20…Will I lose these? And wouldI lose my PIP or have to reapply for it? Would It all stop? What would happen to housing benefit?…I’m so confused and stressed. I have been low to the point of thinking about just not being here, and if I do some work, no matter how little, it would help me to feel like I am worth something. At the moment I just feel that I will be stripped of everything if I try and work a few hours and stripped of all hope if I don’t.
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3 years 6 months ago #264519 by Gary
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Hi Emma-Louise
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
You need to seek specialist advice from a Welfare Rights Organisation, about therapeutic earnings/permitted work: You can find your local Welfare Rights Organisation to help you with advice by clicking on the link below and putting in your post code, it will then come up with a MAP with a list of agencies. advicelocal.uk
Permitted work lower limit; This allows you to earn up to £20 a week.
Permitted work higher limit; You can earn up to £143 a week (from 12 April 2021), after tax and national insurance deductions. The work must be for less than 16 hours a week. www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance/working-while-you-claim
Gary
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
You need to seek specialist advice from a Welfare Rights Organisation, about therapeutic earnings/permitted work: You can find your local Welfare Rights Organisation to help you with advice by clicking on the link below and putting in your post code, it will then come up with a MAP with a list of agencies. advicelocal.uk
Permitted work lower limit; This allows you to earn up to £20 a week.
Permitted work higher limit; You can earn up to £143 a week (from 12 April 2021), after tax and national insurance deductions. The work must be for less than 16 hours a week. www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance/working-while-you-claim
Gary
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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3 years 6 months ago #264529 by ANGELA
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Hi Emma-Louise… as Gary said, as long as you earn £143 a week (after tax/ NI/pension) you will be fine.
Re: PIP… they can use the fact that you work (even just a little bit) against you. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS IS OK. PIP is an ‘in-work’ benefit. They will just argue that you being able to do some bits of work means you are ok to do other things. It really depends on how you word your next PIP review.
As long as you cannot do certain things ‘the majority of the time’, you are covered and can argue such. They just try it on so be prepared to cover your back x
Re: PIP… they can use the fact that you work (even just a little bit) against you. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS IS OK. PIP is an ‘in-work’ benefit. They will just argue that you being able to do some bits of work means you are ok to do other things. It really depends on how you word your next PIP review.
As long as you cannot do certain things ‘the majority of the time’, you are covered and can argue such. They just try it on so be prepared to cover your back x
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