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9 months 1 week ago #287123 by headabovethewater
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Any advice greatly received please..
I'm fairly new in esa support group
Pip , but having just done notified ar1 change am challenging award so Mr
And tax credits with husband
We've just received the dreaded universal credit migration letter with a notice to do it by April.
We've never been on universal credit so it's all new to me. Will it affect my esa / pip ? Does it mean more interviews?
Can I protect the small amount of tax credits we get monthly, I'm unsure and really don't want to mess it up by doing something wrong. I thought getting through esa and pip was bad enough, now I have pip mr and this 😕

Thank you for any advice or others experience/wisdom

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9 months 1 week ago #287150 by Gary
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Hi headabovethewater

We do not have all the relevant information to give you an accurate answer, I assume when you say that you are fairly new in ESA support group that you are in receipt of NS ESA, which is a CB benefit. If I am correct then your ESA will not be affected nor will be your PIP be affected. If you apply for UC then NS ESA will be taken into account £ for £.

UC migration affects means tested benefits such as Tax credits, HB, IR ESA, IR JSA.

I would advise you to seek advice from your local Welfare Rights Organisation; advicelocal.uk , they will be able to take all your circumstances into consideration.

Gary

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9 months 1 week ago #287187 by headabovethewater
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Thank you for your advice, apologies I don't really understand all the terms. I think it is called new style esa - so that would be the ns esa? I don't get what the cb means? If the uc is £ for £ would that seem to suggest I probably won't end up with any 🤔

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9 months 6 days ago #287224 by Chris
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Hi H.A.T.W,

Could CB be child benefit ?

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9 months 5 days ago #287242 by Gordon
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Chris

CB stands for Contribution Based, it means it is based on the claimant's NI Contribution history, CB benefits are not means tested, however, pension income can be deducted.

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9 months 5 days ago #287257 by Chris
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Cheers Gordon - No wonder it takes people years to figure all this stuff out, it's so in depth!

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