CB ESA TRANSFER TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

I have recently transferred from ESA to Universal Credit but I was told I will be paid part Universal Credit and part Contribution based ESA. I have read that CB ESA is going to changed to Unemployment Insurance. I am four years away from receiving a State pension and have been on ESA/Pip for some years now.

Will they just give the full payment as Universal Credit when the changeover is made, as hopefully I will be even further to state pension by then, or will I be made to claim Unemployment Insurance and look for a job when my health will make that impossible?

Be grateful for any input as this is so confusing.

Hi I am in the LCWRA group. And I get Universal Credit anyway, which is about the same as I get from ESA CB. I was told you could not switch all of ESA over to Universal Credit.

I just won't be fit enough to look for work before I get state pension as I said. So will my income be halved if I can't look for work? As I said, so confusing.