ESA stopped without warning.

Hi All
My wife was on long term incapacity benefit before being moved a year ago to esa.
Although we did not really understand it at the time, it appears she was placed in a work group.
She was required to attend one interview with a job center plus agent, who was happy and told her she would not have to go back for further visits.

She has been paid ever since and we had recieved no other communication.

Friday 1st Feb she recieved a letter informing her that her ESA benefit stopped in January as she had been paid for 12 months.

Just like that we have lost £5076.00 of benefit income.

We have checked through every bit of paper and letter we have recieved and nowhere does it inform her that esa is only for a year.


Can it be right that this benefit can be stopped without any warning?

The Job Center are saying there seems to be a problem with her file as it is marked as not active, that's why we have never had any further communication from them?



What advice can anybody give please?
This is likely to place us in severe financial hardship.

Thanks