ESA Can you live on fresh air

squeakychops

So ESA has finally stopped.
My wife Works Full Time so I know cannot get ESA Income support
If I am unfit for work what can you claim.

HB58

You will need to see whether you can clain any benefits on the basis of your wife's income. According to your circumstances, you might be entitle to working tax credit, child tax credit and/or housing benefit.

The only other option, I'm afraid, is to have a look at the boards on here dealing with moneysaving etc

The government's whole purpose is to remove ESA from people who have an household income above a certain level.

MrsManda

You're not living on fresh air, you're living on your wife's income.

If you put your household details into one of the benefits calculators below you'll get an idea of what benefits you may be able to claim as a household.

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/diol1/doitonline/doitonlinebycategory/dg_172666

chris1973

If I am unfit for work what can you claim.

Whats with the *IF* in that statement?, either you are fit for work or your aren't, there is no middle ground and if you don't know how is anybody else expected to know in order to offer accurate advice?.

Sorry, the crystal ball went back to Argos. The majority of people unfit to work on here, know about it because they are usually either in constant agony or unable to move more than a few steps unaided - and probably have been for several years, and there is no *IF* in the equation.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

I think you ought to become an expert on welfare, get all the help you need from all the sites.
You need reliable information and news. Everyone knows and hates me for being a Benefits and Work fan but get on that site and take it from there.
The Govt is also trying to throw people off benefits who are disabled me included. I am going to appeal hopefully.
I would advise getting to know Benefits activists sites for hints and tips. We all are trying to survive.

princessdon

Lots of people are penalised for Income sadly. Some can't work because they have young children (not financially viable) and some like yourself who are experiencing ill health

I take it you get other benefits such as DLA?

earthbound_misfit

princessdon wrote: »

Lots of people are penalised for Income sadly.

Penalised for income?!!:rotfl:

That's kind of the point - you get benefits if you don't have enough alternative income. It's a safety net, not a God-given right!

epitome

OP,

If you accept you should not be in the support group for ESA.....
You may get help with your rent or council tax from your local council
You may get working tax credits or child tax credits, child benefit
If you remain on ESA you can get your NI credits paid.


If you think you qualify for ESA Support Grp you should appeal that on the basis that you did not know at the time the assessment was made that there was a different group that may have applied to you or that the law would change in 2012 to say you your ESA WRAG would stop unless you were in the ESA Support Grp

epitome

chris1973 wrote: »

Whats with the *IF* in that statement?, either you are fit for work or your aren't, there is no middle ground and if you don't know how is anybody else expected to know in order to offer accurate advice?.

Sorry, the crystal ball went back to Argos. The majority of people unfit to work on here, know about it because they are usually either in constant agony or unable to move more than a few steps unaided - and probably have been for several years, and there is no *IF* in the equation.

I think that's a pretty ridiculous reply, it is a common figure of speech to ask a question in that way.
"If 'x' is the case, what will the result be?"
Even if 'x' is actuality and not supposition.

cit_k

You your self can know your unfit for work, your GP and specialist can agree your unfit for work, but the descriptors are not really a judge of fitness to work, even if applied accurately - which they often are not.

Many people unfit for work, are told they are fit for work.

mynameistallulah

cit_k wrote: »

You your self can know your unfit for work, your GP and specialist can agree your unfit for work, but the descriptors are not really a judge of fitness to work, even if applied accurately - which they often are not.

Many people unfit for work, are told they are fit for work.

Your = sign of ownership, "the value of your opinion is lessened by poor spelling and grammar".

You are = you're = "in the eyes of the DWP you're unfit for work if you do not meet the prescribed descriptors".