Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is being replaced by Universal Credit. The Labour Party government and DWP has revealed all claims will end two years earlier, by April 2026.

The Department for Work and Pensions will be moving thousands of people from ESA to Universal Credit at an earlier date ...

Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is being replaced by Universal Credit and in the Budget, it was ...

The DWP is contacting people on ESA warning them they need to make a new claim for Universal Credit or risk losing their ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is speeding up its switchover to Universal Credit for thousands of people who ...

This includes Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - support provided if you cannot work due to an illness or disability.

The DWP said that most payments are made automatically in November ... income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stipulates that certain benefits cannot be claimed ... Income-related Employment ...

The move will only impact certain benefits, but affected people are being urged to act as soon as possible to avoid missing ...

The increase will apply to all working-age benefits, including universal credit, PIP, DLA, attendance allowance, carer’s allowance, ESA and more. The increase will take effect from 7 April 2025.

Pension Credit is a hugely underclaimed benefit, and the DWP has been writing to pensioners inviting them ... Pension Credit Universal Credit Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) ...

Thousands of people who receive PIP and ESA may be automatically moved onto Universal Credit once the "managed migration" ...