ESA support group to Universal credit

[Tim]

Hi, I will be moving soon into a universal credit area. Currently I get
£188 per week(support rate + enhanced and severe disability premiums)
but having checked the calculators I will only be entitled to £251.51
universal credit including £89 per week housing cost and £16.02 council
tax. This seems to me that I'll be losing over £40 a week in the switch
over.

Obviously if true this is quite a big drop in income.

[JNugent]

Just a brief note to thank you for using this NG
(uk.gov.social-security) for its proper intended purpose.

You are the first poster here for some time, and probably the only
on-topic poster here for at least a year, if not more.

However, traffic is so small that one has to doubt that you will get any
other responses.

[JNugent]

On 19/09/2017 02:26, Tim wrote:

See my other post.

Have you thought of checking out the various social security message
boards at Money Saving Expert?

<http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=139>

There are plenty of people posting there and answering the queries of
others.

[Tim]

I have been told that as it's due to change of circumstance ,ie I'm
moving address, I am not eligible for transition protection.
At the thought of losing £40 a week I panicked. However I will be losing
the bedroom tax as I am downsizing which reduces the deficit to about £24.

It seems unfair that my status re disability has not got better but I am
seeing a drop in income due to legislation. I can of course see the need
to change benefit levels as disability gets better or worsens.

However after the initial panic , and after a careful appraisal I have
found that with some fairly minor economising I should be able to manage.

Luckily I have modest habits in terms of spending ie I don't smoke and
over the course of a year seldom drink except at Christmas.