Ive told them that my husband has moved in with me. My question now is; I receive IR ESA... will this stop if my husband starts to work? Thanks
Yes, of course your husband's income will form part of any income based benefits claim that you are making. Income based benefits are for those on low income and your partner's salary will now be part of your income. It will be the same for all the low income based benefits you claiming. You now have a partner and he is expected to help keep you.
As said, I
think there might be an exception if your ESA medical/s doesn't place you in the WRAG. I'm not sure but the ESA office staff will know.
As you cannot ask for more benefit money to keep him as that will be a breach of his visa, he will need to work anyway to keep himself. His salary will then be used to work out your income based benefits claim.
If you are in a full service area now for Universal Credit, your ESA claim and any other income based benefits you claim, will likely mean you are now moved onto UC.
Under the Welfare Rerform Acts, Universal Credit is replacing the income based benefits called: Child Tax Credits; Housing Benefit; ESA; JSA; Working Tax Credits and Income Support. If it is the claimant who triggers the move to UC as their circumstances have changed, then there is no transitional protection.
Very few claimants will end up with transitional protection when they go onto UC. i.e. If you are in the ESA WRAG (expected to get ready to return to work/look for work/go to the work providers etc) you would now only only be given the same money as the JSA weekly amount, even if your husband still isn't working.