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Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work - how to apply online, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), eligibility, rates, rapid reclaim, JSA interview, when payme…
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit notes, disputes.
Use the Attendance Allowance claim form to apply for financial help for your personal care if you're disabled and State Pension age or older.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Report someone committing benefit fraud - you can report anonymously.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults - DLA rates, eligibility, changes because of Personal Independence Payment.
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Use this claim form to apply for DLA for children under 16, in England and Wales.
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Contact information for queries about claims that have been made for Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance
Send your fit note for your Employment Support Allowance (ESA) claim.
Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds.
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