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Hello This is my first post here but I would be very grateful for any help/advice. I was on ESA for 24 months following major surgery and following a medical was deemed fit for work (not arguing with that decision). A letter from ESA dated Monday 16th July 2012 advising me that my entitlement to ESA ended from Friday 13th July was received by myself on Wednesday 18th July. I susbsequently made an appt on 18th July to see a job advisor on 19th July. At that initial meeting I was asked why I hadn't informed them earlier, and I was able to show that the letter from ESA was dated 16th and not received until 18th. The next time I signed on, I still hadn't received any money and was told by a different advisor that this was because my ESA claim was still 'live' and the onus was on me to phone them and close it down. Payments were still delayed, but in the meantime I received a letter telling me that I was entitled to £20.29 (tues 17th to thur 19th), and was further advised that I was not entitled to anything from 13th to 16th as these were considered waiting days. Okay, fine ..... So, I was lucky enough to be offered a job and started this Monday ..... only now to be told that I am not entitled to a 4 week run on of housing benefit/back to work grant/in work credits (I am a lone parent working 20 hours a week) because I have not been qualifying successive benefits for six months. The DWP has told me this is because of a gap between 13th and 17th July. I really don't know where to turn for help in getting all this sorted, so any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.