Contributory esa

The time-limit is proposed in the Welfare Reform Bill but has not yet been implemented - so still worth writing to your MP about in my view.

Fedup very helpfully posted in another thread "1-year contributory ESA" on the other forum:

Customers in receipt of incapacity benefits who are reassessed and qualify for contributory ESA before April 2012 will have their benefit time limited, with the 12 months period running from the point of conversion. As with existing claims, the period of time already spent on contributory ESA before April
2012 will be taken into account in calculating the 1 year period

Sorry mods, I'd do a link if I knew how.

Does anyone know how this one year time limit of ESA affect a single person with no savings or any other monies coming in ?