Rejected for budgeting loan(help please)

Alan_o

I've been out of work since January and recently applied for a budgeting loan,i was rejected because i am not on Income Related benefits.I am currently on contribution based ESA.I have phoned around and there is no help i can get or noone seems to know if i will go on income related benefit.Does anyone know if after a certain time i will switch to Income Related benefit ? Thanks for any help



Al

Tixy

On jobseekers allowance you would get contribution based JSA for 182days (if you are elgibile) and after that you would get income related JSA.
I'm not sure if its the same with ESA but I would guess it might be. You could ask on the benefits board (if you have a thick skin) - Benefits & Tax Credits

Alan_o

Yeh,i think i can handle it Tixy lol,Thanks for the reply