I have just received a letter from the DWP informing me of the following:
"We have looked at your claim again following a recent change.
From 10 April 2026 your Employment and Support Allowance will be £145.90 a week.
You are not getting any more income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
25 August
We cannot pay you because you have a claim to Universal Credit."
This is confusing as I have literally just received the same payment of ESA from the DWP and the breakdown on the other pages of the letter seems to suggest there has been no change to my ESA.
What are they trying to tell me? Is the change not going to kick until the next payment or is there in fact no change after they looked at it again?
I haven't received any other letters about my ESA or UC and I don't think they have tried to ring me.
The ESA department is notorious for the inaccurate and misleading letters that are generated by their computer system. I expect no one has bothered to update their catalogue after the abolition of Income Based ESA. So all your letter is saying is that Income Based ESA has finished and UC has started.
David
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