CB-ESA awards to change name to NS-ESA from 1 December (Members only)

Details: Published: 17 November 2025

All awards of contribution-based ESA will change their name to New-Style ESA from 1st December 2025.

Currently, there are two types of ESA in existence:

Income-related ESA (IR-ESA) is a means-tested benefit for people who are unable to work for health reasons and otherwise have a low income. It is affected by your income and savings/capital and, if you live with a partner, you claim it as a couple.
Contributory ESA– this is based on your own personal National Insurance contribution record and is not affected by savings, most forms of income or having a partner.

Under the old ‘legacy benefit’ system, contributory ESA was called ‘contribution-based ESA’ (CB-ESA). You might be in receipt of this if you claimed contributory ESA before UC was rolled out in your area (so roughly around 2017/18 ish, depending on where you live). Within the Universal Credit system, the contributory version of ESA is called ‘New-Style ESA’ (NS-ESA). The rules for both are the same, it’s just a name change.

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Ivan · 12 days ago
Update to my earlier comment & query. Today I'm informed in my UC journal that a different "work coach" (based in a city well away from me), who advised me to claim "New-Style ESA", gave me mistaken advice. She's also apologised. It's now been clarified in my journal that my " New-Style ESA" has already been worked out & will be paid. That the NS-ESA claim forms shouldn't have been sent to me in the first place. The NS-ESA amount to be deducted from my UC (starting 5th Dec.).
Not least, that after attending an interview at my local Jobcentre Plus on 10th November with all required ID documents, another interview won't be required after all. - I wholly appreciate that even UC staff are human & make errors, but what a palaver it's been so far. - GLA.
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cazcomps · 13 days ago
I'm on CB ESA support group, and higher rates of PIP. I don't get any IB benefits. I understand the change in December is only a name change. But I thought the idea with NS ESA was that it was linked to UC so we'd all be migrated. Following which I thought NS (CB) ESA (as a UC component) would only be paid for a year. What happens after that year? Does it all become income related? Because that is more than I and probably most other people could afford to lose. Are we actually all going to be migrated to UC? And will that include PIP? If migration requires an entirely new claim, doesn't that by default remove all the protection existing claimants were promised from the financial changes built into new UC claims?
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  Ivan · 12 days ago
  
  @cazcomps PS: PIP will remain a separate benefit. Not included in UC. To clarify: you won't be moved to UC as you claimed CB-ESA. Also, no time-limit for you as you're in ESA Support Group.
  
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  Ivan · 12 days ago
  
  @cazcomps This has confused many, me included. My understanding: for all those who move from ESA Support Group & claim New-Style ESA (as I've just been told to do so), there's no time-limit for NS-ESA. It can last beyond 1-year. For others, it is indeed for 1-year. Though I've been forced to migrate to UC from Income-Related Support Group ESA & get my first UC payment on 5th December, I'm informed that not all of my ESA was migrated. Though my ESA was called "Income-Related" on all DWP letters, apparently some of it was also "Contribution-Based" (for eg. NI credits were paid). So now I can expect to receive some UC & also New-Style ESA, the amount being deducted from UC. My claim for NS-ESA has just been posted. Outcome awaited.
  It seems that everyone has been migrated from "Income-Related" ESA to UC. The exceptions being those who were receiving only "Contribution-Based" ESA from the very start.
  
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Ivan · 15 days ago
I've recently migrated to UC from income-related ESA Support Group. First UC payment due on 5th December. I've presented full ID & other documents at my local Jobcentre Plus. All went okay I was assured. I've now received another letter from the DWP saying I must claim "New-Stye ESA" (previously "contribution-based ESA"), have another interview, present ID such as birth certificate yet AGAIN & then explain how my illness affects my ability to work.
I'm not sure what's going here?
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  Ivan · 14 days ago
  
  @John Thank you for taking the time to explain that so well. Also to Andrea. Appreciated.
  Yes, the DWP can be as clear as mud on some issues. What threw me is their recent letter stating that I'd have to submit my ID yet again at Jobcentre Plus for New-Style ESA, plus explain what illnesses prevent me from working. I've already attended an interview on 10th November with all requested ID documents for my UC migration & that's been accepted. Regards.
  
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  Andrea · 14 days ago
  
  @Ivan This is normal and nothing to worry about
  
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  John · 14 days ago
  
  @Ivan
  New Style ESA is identical to Contributions based ESA the only difference is the name and the DWP admin/computer system used. Which unlike the old ESA system is designed to work alongside UC.
  
  The move from Contributions based ESA to New Style ESA is just getting a short phone call. In the phone call you verify your ID by answering the ID questions you setup as part of your UC claim. Then agree to the ESA claimant commitment which for LCWRA/support group is just to notify them if there is a relevant change in your circumstances. After the phone call your New Style ESA claim process is marked completed and you get a letter, a prefilled copy of your claimant commitment.
  
  The DWP causes needless worry by:
  
  Not always telling people at their UC phone call/job centre appointment that their contributions based ESA will now be moved to New Style ESA. As the Contributions based ESA admin/computer system is not designed to work alongside UC, and New Style ESA is. That in effect it is only a name change. And what the move to New Style ESA entails which is just getting a short phone call.
  
  Sending a automated ESA letter and interview phone call appointment details to the UC journal that are written for brand new ESA claims not Contributions based ESA being transferred to New Style ESA. So say things that are not applicable like discussing your health and barriers to employment. Which you will not be asked to do. In the extremely unlikely event the DWP employee asks, point out you are LCWRA/Support Group being moved from Contributions based ESA to New Style ESA.
  
  In the phone call having a pre written claimant commitment script the DWP employee reads to you that is designed to cover LCW/work related activity group and LCWRA/support group. So for people on LCWRA/support group states things that are not applicable. The only commitment you have is to notify of changes. Which the DWP employee should make clear ideally before they read their script as otherwise they cause people to worry.
  
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  Ivan · 14 days ago
  
  @Ivan (Part of my comment disappeared last night). To continue: I've no idea what's going on here? I thought the migration to UC was supposed to be fairly smooth & had been completed by me. Patently that's not the case for everyone. Why am I now being asked to apply for New-Style ESA? Any input sincerely appreciated.
  
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John · 17 days ago
The government is now proposing changes for non UK nationals.

The government is considering ceasing to treat people in the UK with indefinite leave to remain (settled status) the same as UK nationals in regards to the benefits system. And instead limiting benefits to only UK nationals. This presumably would not apply to EU nationals with pre settled or settled status under the Brexit treaty.

Immigrants need to gain indefinite leave to remain (settled status) before they can apply for UK citizenship.

Many immigrants to the UK currently choose get indefinite leave to remain (settled status) and not to then apply for UK citizenship because it costs money and only gains them the ability to vote in UK general elections (something they can already do if they are British Commonwealth national). And because many nations do not permit dual citizenship, so they might have to renounce their original citizenship.

The government is also proposing extending the number of years immigrants have to live in the UK before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain (settled status) from the current standard which is 5 years. And ending Family members being given automatic status when the main applicant qualifies. Children who came to the UK under the age of 18 may settle with parents, but older dependants could face separate requirements.

Immigrants who entered the UK illegal could have to live in the UK for 30 years before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain (settled status)

Immigrants who claim benefits for more than 12 months could have to live in the UK for 20 years

Immigrants who claim benefits but do so for less than 12 months could have to live in the UK for 15 years

Immigrants who came to the UK on social care worker visas (looks like needed occupation but low pay) could have to live in the UK for 15 years

Immigrants who have never claimed benefits and have made substantial national insurance payments could have to live in the UK for 10 years

Immigrants who are highly skilled could have to live in the UK for 5 years

Immigrants who make a substantial financial contribution to the UK presumably rich people and investors, could have to live in the UK for 3 years

In my opinion Labour is seeking to reduce the threat of Reform by going right wing on immigration, in regards to legal immigration as well as so called illegal immigration (asylum seekers entering via unofficial routes like small boat crossings). They think the UK public agree with Reform and can be sated by Labour. I think they risk effectively endorsing Reform and pushing UK politics even further to the right.
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Anon · 18 days ago
Hi there, Apologies to one and all at Benefits and Work.. McFadden being interviewed focuses mainly on young people but after 1 hour 30 Minutes he brings up this unemployment benefit insurance which scares and terrifies me as a vulnerable disabled adult unable to work Anyone on New Style Esa should lobby their MP to oppose this as it affects a large group of people 490,000 in similar situation.. Apologies Again Tom.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mm6d/select-committees-work-and-pensions-committee-with-pat-mcfadden
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  John · 18 days ago
  
  @Anon Started watching the video. The select committee and the Minister are living in an alternate reality if they think the DWP is only linked to 60 deaths a year. I recon it has got to be in the high hundreds to possibly the low thousands a year. I mean I am no social butterfly yet over the last 10 years I have known 3 people who were helped to early graves by the actions of the DWP and another 2 people who ended up in hospital for months. I think the select committee and Minister are being disingenuous. As the government chooses to not collect the data despite the issue being raised repeatedly by the public and organisations. I think it is blatantly obvious they choose not to collect the data because they know very well what the data would show.
  
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SBNZ · 18 days ago
I am a bit concerned and confused by this and the suggested deadline of making a claim for IR ESA by November 30th. I currently receive CB ESA and am in the support group. After I pay my rent on December 1st my savings will drop below £16k and I will qualify for IR ESA or UC. Will I lose out on any money or transitional protection by making this claim after November 30th? I receive enhanced PIP both elements too. I used to get IR ESA and the disability premiums but was forced to sell my home so then the equity became savings which I’ve been using to pay rent and live on. Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer any advice.
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  John · 18 days ago
  
  @SBNZ
  Your Contributions based ESA will be changed to New Style ESA on Dec 1st or before that if you start a UC claim before that.
  
  You cannot start a new claim for Income Based ESA you will need to claim UC. Your UC claim will be in addition to your existing ESA claim. And once your UC claim starts your existing ESA claim will be changed to New Style ESA if it has not already.
  
  The reduced LCWRA/Support Group element only affects new claims that commence their assessment phase on or after 6 April 2026. Claims like yours that predate this retain the current higher LCWRA/Support Group element.
  
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Nick · 18 days ago
I’m so confused, is it not a change of name only? As article states for contribution based esa. If I’m wrong apologies
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John · 18 days ago
People on Contributions Based ESA are basically just being moved to a different DWP admin department and computer system. With no change to their benefit except in name which changes to New Style ESA.

People on Contributions based ESA (non means tested, time limited to 12 months for LCW/Work Related Activity Group and not time limited for LCWRA/Support Group) will be automatically moved to New Style ESA (which is the same money paid at the same frequency, contributions based, non means tested, time limited to 12 months for LCW/Work Related Activity Group and not time limited for LCWRA/Support Group). For existing claimants the only change is in effect the name

They will just get a phone call at some point to verbally agree the claimant commitment which is also the same. That is for those in the LCWRA/Support Group just agreeing to inform the DWP if their circumstances change, and for LCW/Work Related Activity Group agreeing to undertake appropriate work related activities if told to do so.

This is exactly the same as has been done and is being already done for people on Contributions Based ESA who are also on Income based ESA. When they move from Income Based ESA to UC they are then moved from Contributions based ESA to New Style ESA. It is nothing to worry about.

This is not the proposed future replacement of ESA and JSA with a new time limited contributions based Unemployment Benefit. That is not expected until 2028 if parliament agrees to it. And the Pathways to Work green paper implies that change will only apply to new claimants. So it is possible, even likely that existing ESA claimants will be protected as a legacy benefit.
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  John · 15 days ago
  
  @Frisky I don't use chat GPT and I do not work for the DWP.
  
  I just take a interest in the disability benefits system as my sibling has been dependent on them since they were a teenager and relies on me to sort things out. I also at times read the parliamentary briefing papers and answers to MP questions, and watch the occasional debate and committee meeting, which are available online.
  
  I guess I am just come across as dispassionate. Maybe I am more then other people. Maybe it is due to having multiple medical conditions which can cause apathy. Or due to life, emotional loss and stress. My family became dependent on me looking after them from a young age. My farther became disabled, my mother suffered from a long illness, my brother became disabled, my mother died when I was at secondary school, then when I was a young adult my father died, and since then I have just had my brother to care for. And due to needing to be the stable reliable coping and caring one with loved ones suffering from severe mental illnesses, my father had schizophrenia and my brother has bipolar 1 with psychosis. Life at times has been harrowing and maybe it is the way I have become to cope or maybe it was my nature all along. Either way I am not as dispassionate as I probably come across on the Internet.
  
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  Frisky · 15 days ago
  
  @Anon It's either someone who works for the DWP or the poster is using chat GPT or some equivalent.
  
  I would bet my money on the latter because the info is so detailed yet so devoid of any feeling.
  
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  John · 15 days ago
  
  @Maris The reason I know it just for admin/computer system reasons no change for the claimants apart from the name. Is because DWP briefings to parliament and answers to MPs are all available for the public to read.
  
  The old system was
  JSA paid every two weeks which could be JSA contributions based or JSA income based.
  ESA paid every two weeks which could be ESA contributions based or ESA contributions based + (ESA income based - ESA contributions based) or ESA income based.
  
  Rather than attempting to make that legacy system work with Universal Credit. Which would entail Universal Credit being able to tell the difference between the versions of the benefits as only Contributions based should be in payment alongside Universal Credit. Instead they replaced the old system with
  
  New Style JSA always contributions based
  New Style ESA always contributions based
  
  Designed to work with Universal Credit if Universal Credit is also claimed.
  
  The old system is in the final stages of being phased out.
  
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  John · 16 days ago
  
  @Maris No
  
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  Maris · 17 days ago
  
  @John @John ,do you work for the dwp ?
  
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Mad Si · 18 days ago
Labour will never get my vote again. I have been on NS/ Contributions ESA after getting ill, and now unable to work. Not only are they stopping this benefit, but that will also mean that they will stop my class 1 NI contributions also. Unless I leave my wife who works and supports me and my daughter, I won't get UC. I am 51. And very hacked off with this Labour Government.
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  Hyncinth · 18 days ago
  
  @Mad Si They are not stopping it . It’s now being called New style ESA that all and your get your ni payments go your pension credited .
  
  It’s gonna effect income based esa claimants from what I’ve been reading only a name change for c
  
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  Sweetpea · 18 days ago
  
  @Mad Si I’m in the similar boat I have been having NI contributions and although my husband has now retired he gets a private pension too so I will loose out and no NI contributions will be paid. It’s disgusting plus no letters telling us what’s happening have been sent out.
  
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Andi66 · 18 days ago
I made a claim for uc under migration, which went ok, awaiting payment next month. Got a phone call about my commitment from contributions esa to new style esa. News to me. I get pip with the disability premium. But also I had ir esa top up. My letter about the changes were late because of the post, 10 days late. So being in the support group, I just needed to say any changes let them know. I used to work part time, and I was getting carers allowance before that.
Having nsesa and uc if you have savings , one you can have savings above and certain amount and uc you can't.
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LeeLawson · 19 days ago
I will talk to my union about this. Like all below I am on CB-ESA, and because I receive a small occupational pension, I was forced to take ill health retirement from my job several years ago, I have no prospect of being accepted when we get moved onto UC.
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  Anon · 17 days ago
  
  @LeeLawson I empathise with your situation Sir and admire your courage and confidence to discuss how the proposals could be challenged. Good Luck to you Sir.
  
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  Anon · 17 days ago
  
  @Blue Fairy Hi there Apologies but at the works and pensions select committee yesterday McFadden made reference to the unemployment insurance Proposals. As you quite rightly point out it is not legislation. However as disabled people and amongst one person who like others might be impacted by this. I ask those concerned to lobby your MP and look for alternative means if legally this proposal should be challenged. All disabled people are fed up being impacted by the Government. By making a quiet stand against these proposals I just want all disabled people reliant like myself on the benefits system to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect. After all people like myself who are in the similar situation worked for years before becoming unwell through no fault of our own. All sections of society are being unfairly impacted by the Government.
  
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  Blue Fairy · 18 days ago
  
  @LeeLawson No one on CB ESA is being moved to UC. The move to UC is only for income related benefits. The change talked about in this article is merely a name change, no other changes have currently been legislated for. There was talk of changing CB ESA and CB JSA to an employment insurance, but legislation hasn't even been drafted and the government have said they are effectively scrapping all the proposals in the green paper that haven't already gone into law. This doesn't mean that the proposal has entirely gone, but we simply don't know when or if they might come back to this idea. But for now, nothing changes for those of us on CB ESA.
  
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  JayJay66 · 18 days ago
  
  @LeeLawson Are you expecting to migrate to UC though ? It seems unlikely unless you have other means tested benefits.. Even then, HB Only claims ( for those with CBE ESA and HB ) we're done a year ago and there's not many IR ESA migrations left, the last few have their Notices by the week before Christmas.
  
  Unemployment Insurance benefit ( UIB . Now I agree there's currently things that may be problematic about that . It's replacing NS ESA in a couple of years. Yet information is scarce but they seem determined to only give it for six or twelve months. This has nothing to to do with UC.
  
  You WON'T be moved to UC.
  
  Please don't be mislead into worrying that's going to happen.
  
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Annatar · 19 days ago
This all sounds terribly confusing why cant everybody get the same universal benefits.
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Freya · 19 days ago
Im on CB ESA and would not be entitled to claim UC. I live alone, no partner or family to help financially, and live a very frugal life but my limited savings, (saved from when I worked and a very small amount left to me when my Dad died) would soon go if this means people like me lose their ESA. It makes no sense as ive been so careful and could have spent the lot on extras. I do get enhance PIP, daily and mobility but this goes on paying for the extra costs of being disabled, people who help me etc. Im very concerned.
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  Sweetpea · 18 days ago
  
  @Freya Snap
  
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LW · 20 days ago
I am totally confused - as we sick actually are and being made more so. Can anyone answer this question please?

First a bit of content: .

I underwent the forced migration this summer (it took all the way until Autumn for them to even start to get it right). So, it took me a while to spot that I was still getting some benefits from ESA and now some from UC LWCRA.

I am supposed to be protected as to the total amount under transitional protection. It was even hard to be able to work out, without a lot of help, why the monthly amount was not adding up to the total I was expecting (something to do with UC paying every??? and ESA paying fornightly).

I could and cannot not work out why I'm still getting ESA payments (CB-ESA) and UC told me in my journal that they could not ask the ESA Dept on my behalf. Apparently the right hand cannot talk to the left hand so the sick have to do it for them. So, very sick, I wrote to the ESA. They wrote back saying I had done some work at some point - I cannot remember when or why - perhaps expert by experience "involvement" or something - but it now means I am on CB-ESA fortnightly - topped up by UC LWCRA

My question is this:

- why has my CB-ESA not been migrated over to UC LWRCA so the total amount is coming from the UC?
- was I supposed to somehow do it? I thought it was a managed migration? And that filing in UC migration online when the letter arrived was all we sick were meant to do?
- Will that just carry on until my circumstances change (they won't by the way) or do I need to do something or am I about to lose something?

CAS is run off its feet and underfunded so there is no where i can go to ask.

I'm totally confused and very worried.
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  NNN66 · 18 days ago
  
  @LW Hi, I receive the same benefits as you. I had my support worker look into this. You get CB-ESA paid fortnightly because the government only phased out IR-ESA (it became UC). Your UC is paid monthly. If you times your amount of CB-ESA x 26 and ÷ by 12 it should equal the amount UC deduct from your monthly payment.
  I hope this helps.
  
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Elizabeth Vidler · 20 days ago
What happens if like me you only get old style ESA first awarded in 2011 based on NIC1 contributions 20 years worth and reviewed since, but not since 2019 due to covid, and only enhanced mobility PIP also reviewed in 2019 and extended until next year nov 2026 due to covid. I would not qualify for U/C due to savings so no point going down that route.
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  Chloe · 18 days ago
  
  @TA I for one am really hoping and praying for a legal challenge against the government/DWP. Their treatment of sick and disabled people is nothing short of cruel. As it said at the top of this page we are being fined for something like missing an interview or appointment more than criminals. How can this sort of treatment be allowed in this day and age . What’s next ?
  Maybe the workhouse??
  And it’s no better for those unfortunate enough to be unemployed. How dare these pen pushers treat ordinary citizens in this way . Do they not realise 1)there are little to no jobs 2) little to no public transport (for those who don’t drive and live in rural areas) 3) more and more jobs lost to ai. 4)thanks to terrible government policies weather labour or Tory loss of manufacturing in Britain which in days gone by provided many jobs. 5) many jobs taken up by cheap labour from other countries putting employers off from employing brits . I could go on I’m sure angry .
  
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  Blue Fairy · 18 days ago
  
  @Elizabeth Vidler The government did suggest this in the green paper but they have not implemented it. For now, nothing changes. They might come back to this idea in the future but for now there are no plans to bring it in. They are not doing any of the ideas in the green paper that have not already been legislated for.
  
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  Sweetpea · 18 days ago
  
  @Carolasks Good question also what do we do about our national insurance being paid
  
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  Elizabeth Vidler · 20 days ago
  
  @Helen Galloway Is there not a suggestion that if you get cb esa either new style or the old legacy that you will only get it for a year on some kind of insurance scheme but only for one year after which I don't know what happens. I guess most are not concerned as it doesn't apply to them.
  
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  Carolasks · 20 days ago
  
  @Elizabeth Vidler Hi there. Similar situation, old style CB ESA since 2015, after IHR from NHS. I would not qualify either for UC due to savings. Currently standard daily living PIP, no mobility. Review form just posted last Saturday (runs til June 2026). My query is if we know we do not qualify, do we just decline to apply/migrate?
  
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