Hi, having just read your news article stating that ESA claimants to be transferred to UC from November, I would like to ask if you know if it is all ESA claimants that are likely to be transferred, is it both income related and contribution based ? As the article just states ESA.
I have not seen that article in the new bulletin, there was an article written a while ago, Jan 2019 that stated 'In November 2018, the government published a bill setting out the rules that would cover the transfer of claimants from legacy benefits to UC.'
The government is to postpone the introduction of regulations for the mass transfer of claimants from legacy benefits such as employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC) in the face of a threatened backbench revolt, it has been reported. Instead, only a pilot transfer of 10,000 claimants will take place. (Harrogate).
