Paying Bills Whilst Unemployed?

venomx

Currently I receive ESA and PIP so I can pay my utility bills and rent etc no problem. As benefits are temporary I obviously will have to come off them eventually, but then how are you supposed to pay your bills and rent etc ?
IF you get a part time job do you get income support ?

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venomx wrote: »

Currently I receive ESA and PIP so I can pay my utility bills and rent etc no problem. As benefits are temporary I obviously will have to come off them eventually, but then how are you supposed to pay your bills and rent etc ?
IF you get a part time job do you get income support ?

You use your wages obviously! You may be entitled to some universal credit alongside your wages.

venomx

_shel wrote: »

You use your wages obviously! You may be entitled to some universal credit alongside your wages.

Ok.
If you are unemployed you don't have any wages

sportsarb

venomx wrote: »

Ok.
If you are unemployed you don't have any wages

Why would you stop claiming benefits before you have a job?

You might not always need ESA but once you no longer need it you can claim Universal Credit and start looking for employment. The money will be slightly less, probably, but its something.

You can claim PIP regardless of work status. Its about how your condition affects you and this can remain the same regardless of employment status.

venomx

sportsarb wrote: »

Why would you stop claiming benefits before you have a job?.

Ok thanks for the info :j


ESA can be changed/cancelled at any time although im guessing you'd get a few months notice

KatrinaWaves

venomx wrote: »

Ok thanks for the info :j


ESA can be changed/cancelled at any time although im guessing you'd get a few months notice

I am not sure about notice but if your ESA was cancelled then you could claim [STRIKE]JSA.[/STRIKE] Universal Credit. There would be a reason for benefits to be stopped.

Spoonie_Turtle

KatrinaWaves wrote: »

I am not sure about notice but if your ESA was cancelled then you could claim JSA.

Not unless you have enough NI contributions for the preceding two tax years, and even then JSA would only be for 6 months. Otherwise it has to be a claim for UC.

KatrinaWaves

venomx wrote: »

Ok thanks for the info :j


ESA can be changed/cancelled at any time although im guessing you'd get a few months notice

Spoonie_Turtle wrote: »

Not unless you have enough NI contributions for the preceding two tax years, and even then JSA would only be for 6 months. Otherwise it has to be a claim for UC.

Im still stuck in my old ways, thats a point :P

sportsarb

Spoonie_Turtle wrote: »

Not unless you have enough NI contributions for the preceding two tax years, and even then JSA would only be for 6 months. Otherwise it has to be a claim for UC.

Not to be pedantic but if it were me, I would claim both JSA and UC, JSA to protect contributions and UC because it would probably be required to get payments.

That said, during my brief time working in UC I never absorbed whether it protected NIC's, but I got the impression it doesn't.

calcotti

sportsarb wrote: »

That said, during my brief time working in UC I never absorbed whether it protected NIC's, but I got the impression it doesn't.

UC gives Class 3 NI credits which protects State Pension entitlement but not other benefits - however State Pension is the main thing claimants will be concerned about.

Grey's_Anatomyfan643

To OP - You can't have money for free, you need to work to earn money or claim benefits to seek work to get money! Wish we all think like the OP where you don't have to do anything for money!