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All Existing ESA Claimants Will Have To Reapply For UC From 2019

July 20, 2016
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  1. bad putty tat (@BadPutty)'s avatar
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    July 20, 2016 7:00 pm

    is this a ploy to force the £30 cut on WRAG claimants?

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    • wildthing666's avatar
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      July 21, 2016 4:22 pm

      I thought there was a clause in benefits that those who are forced to change over will get no less than they do at present

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  2. mili68's avatar
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    July 20, 2016 7:17 pm

    Reblogged this on disabledsingleparent.

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    July 20, 2016 7:24 pm

    Tweeted @melissacade68

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    July 20, 2016 8:51 pm

    Reblogged this on campertess and commented:
    I think this will be a ploy to change or do away with the wrag and the support group.

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  5. hugosmum70's avatar
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    July 20, 2016 9:36 pm

    i cant see anything alluding to ESA in that statement at all. can someone please copy the relevant part for me? thank you.

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  6. samedifference1's avatar
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    July 20, 2016 9:45 pm

    Universal Credit will replace ESA and the statement says the rollout will be for ‘all claimant types.’

    It took me a while to find the relevant bit as well!

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    • hugosmum70's avatar
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      July 20, 2016 9:53 pm

      so they are stopping ESA altogether? so there will be no provision for people who are sick,ill, disabled but not bad enough for pip. UC will not be known as a disabilitry benefit will it? there wont be any differentiation between unemployment, sickness benefits or pensioners by sounds of that statement.

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      • samedifference1's avatar
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        July 20, 2016 10:06 pm

        Yes, sadly I think you’re right 😦

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      • Sam Barnett-Cormack's avatar
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        July 21, 2016 1:05 pm

        ESA is one of the several benefits that UC is meant to subsume, along with WTC, HB and JSA. It has the same WRAG/SG components and criteria as ESA (meaning that the WRAG component is worth £0, of course).

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  7. Paul Smyth's avatar
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    July 20, 2016 10:58 pm

    Reblogged this on The Greater Fool.

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  8. Mark Catlin's avatar
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    July 21, 2016 12:34 am

    Reblogged this on Mark Catlin's Blog and commented:
    and will it then by default count as a “new” claim and be reduced by the £30?

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  9. jeffrey davies's avatar
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    July 21, 2016 6:54 am

    aktion t4 rolling along without much of a ado jeff3

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    July 21, 2016 8:01 am

    Reblogged this on sdbast.

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  11. hugosmum70's avatar
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    July 21, 2016 11:22 pm

    jeffrey davies… for crying out loud. can you stop with the aktion t4 thing please. things are bad enough without you coming out with that every time you type anything. we know. you dont have to drill it into our heads.its like that chinese torture. drip drip drip. think of something more constructive for heavens sake., (i can actually hear your voice in my head like a dirge.even though ive never heard you speak. lol.)

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