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I get esa and my husband may be getting a job.does it mean I will loose the benefit?

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  • MrsManda
    MrsManda Posts: 4,457 Forumite
    Not necessarily.
    If you are claiming ESA (C) - based on N.I. contributions, your husband's income is irrelevant.

    If you are claiming ESA income based I think the rules are that you have less than £16,000 in savings and your husband works less than 24 hours a week on average.
    ESA Entitlement Conditions
  • MrsManda wrote: »
    Not necessarily.
    If you are claiming ESA (C) - based on N.I. contributions, your husband's income is irrelevant.

    If you are claiming ESA income based I think the rules are that you have less than £16,000 in savings and your husband works less than 24 hours a week on average.
    ESA Entitlement Conditions

    And if he is working less than the 24hrs per week the first £20 is disregarded and the rest is taken into account against the ESA IR award.
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