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2 years 1 month ago #275396 by Jaguar300
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Hi all.
Please if you could explain a little more as in the Subject Line.
I understood about the Migration from ESA to UC to be Completed by 2024.
Does it mean that what was said in the Budget that it will still be focusing Moving Claimants from as above up until 2028?
Or, as of it being/been Postponed to 2028 this is when it will Start Moving Claimants from ESA to UC again?
Myself is receiving ESA (Income Related), and I am worried like many others of this Migration Process.
Many thanks.
Please if you could explain a little more as in the Subject Line.
I understood about the Migration from ESA to UC to be Completed by 2024.
Does it mean that what was said in the Budget that it will still be focusing Moving Claimants from as above up until 2028?
Or, as of it being/been Postponed to 2028 this is when it will Start Moving Claimants from ESA to UC again?
Myself is receiving ESA (Income Related), and I am worried like many others of this Migration Process.
Many thanks.
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2 years 1 month ago #275415 by BIS
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Hi Jaguar300
The migration has been postponed until 2028.
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The migration has been postponed until 2028.
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2 years 1 month ago #275424 by Wendy54
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I also get ESA income related as well as PIP and have recently got engaged to a man who is on UC and PIP,. We are not planning to marry just yet but I am confused as to what it means if we did marry ... would I lose my transitional protection
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2 years 1 month ago #275433 by Jaguar300
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Many thanks.
One thing I didn't mention, I just thought that ESA to UC is just that. However, I've seen earlier on the Internet that if Claimants are receiving ESA and Housing Benefit, the Transfer of ESA to UC will still take place by 2024.
So where I was excited that I will not be worried about the Transfer until 2028, that excitement has Faded as I'm receiving Housing Benefit as well.
One thing I didn't mention, I just thought that ESA to UC is just that. However, I've seen earlier on the Internet that if Claimants are receiving ESA and Housing Benefit, the Transfer of ESA to UC will still take place by 2024.
So where I was excited that I will not be worried about the Transfer until 2028, that excitement has Faded as I'm receiving Housing Benefit as well.
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2 years 1 month ago #275442 by Gary
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Hi Wendy
Short answer is yes you will loose your transitional protection, I would advise you to seek advice from your local Welfare Rights Organisation; advicelocal.uk
As you are IR ESA, if you move in with your partner or your partner moves in with you, this will create a change of circumstances and your ESA will stop, you would have to make a joint claim for UC.
Your PIP's will not change, moving in together will not affect them.
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Short answer is yes you will loose your transitional protection, I would advise you to seek advice from your local Welfare Rights Organisation; advicelocal.uk
As you are IR ESA, if you move in with your partner or your partner moves in with you, this will create a change of circumstances and your ESA will stop, you would have to make a joint claim for UC.
Your PIP's will not change, moving in together will not affect them.
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2 years 1 month ago #275443 by Gary
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Hi Jaguar300
I am not sure that is correct, from B&W news letter it states;
ESA to UC migration
The government is pushing back the forced migration of claimants from income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC) to 2028. It was due to be completed in 2024, with an impossible target of 2.5 million claimants being moved in that year.
So the fact that it is being delayed is good news. The downside is that many thousand more claimants will now be subject to ‘natural migration’ because of a change of circumstances and will lose out on the transitional protection that managed migration claimants receive.
Claimants receiving child tax credit are not included in this postponement.
Gary
I am not sure that is correct, from B&W news letter it states;
ESA to UC migration
The government is pushing back the forced migration of claimants from income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC) to 2028. It was due to be completed in 2024, with an impossible target of 2.5 million claimants being moved in that year.
So the fact that it is being delayed is good news. The downside is that many thousand more claimants will now be subject to ‘natural migration’ because of a change of circumstances and will lose out on the transitional protection that managed migration claimants receive.
Claimants receiving child tax credit are not included in this postponement.
Gary
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