My 365 days on contribution based ESA have come to an end on Feb 7th, just got the letter through this morning. I have a partner who has been given middle rate care component (50 a week roughly) of dla with low rate mobility component (£20 rougly) - he is a danger to himself, through brain damage through use of alcohol. He is also on the support group of esa (£105 a week) We were getting about £40 help towards our rent a fortnight, and we were getting about £30 a month help towards our council tax. Now that my ESA has stopped, is it worth my while applying for carers allowance? Does that affect my partners benefit? And are there any other benefits I can apply for? I am a 55 year old woman, my partner is 52.
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