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• Work you can do while getting ESA

  While you’re getting Employment Support Allowance (ESA) you might be able to do some types of work. Check what work you can do while you’re getting ESA

• If you can't keep to your jobseeker's agreement

  What to do if you can’t keep to your jobseeker's agreement because of illness, emergencies or changes to your situation

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax

• Q16 - coping with social situations

  Help to fill in Q16: coping with social situations for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• Challenging a Universal Credit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  If you disagree with the decision about your Universal Credit claim, you can ask for ‘mandatory reconsideration’. Find out how to challenge the decision

• Q11 - learning how to do tasks

  Help to fill in Q11: learning how to do tasks for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• Q2 - standing and sitting

  Help to fill in Q2: standing and sitting for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• Getting PIP after you’ve reached State Pension age

  Check if you can claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after State Pension age, and the rules if your condition gets worse

• Q12: making decisions about money

  Help to fill in Q12: making decisions about money for PIP. Find out what this means and get advice on how to complete the question.

• Check what you have to do in the ESA work-related activity group

  Find out what you need to do if you’re in the work-related activity group