Does cold weather payments stop

Everyone who was on IB has been transferred to contributary ESA.

Yes another stab in the back from the tories,
Lets save more money and take away the cold weather payments from the disabled.

fithgear wrote:

Yes thats were I got the info from today bro58
What I cant understand is why I have been put into conribution based esa after being on IB since 1991.
I should be on contribution based surely.

Hi fg,

IB was a Contribution Based Benefit, in that you must have accumulated enough NI Contribution from employment, before you could claim it, and be entitled to it.

All claimants on IB would therefore be migrated over to Contribution Based ESA, see :

What will I be transferred to?

&

What will I be paid?

Is this : Benefits Calculator of any help ?, as you will see they also have a freephone number where you can ring up for advice.

bro58

Mrs Hurtyback wrote:

Everyone who was on IB has been transferred to contributary ESA.

I know several people, including one of our moderators who still receive IB ?

Sorry Jim, I should have said that everyone who was on IB and has been transferred has been transferred to contributary ESA!

Thanks for your kind help bro58 I will. Check out that link.it seems so unfair if people like myself are going to loss out on cold weather payments.when we were promised we would not loss out when transfered from ib to ESA .