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If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare if you're working, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It’s paid…
You may be able to get Universal Credit if you’re on a low income or need…
Universal Credit is paid monthly. How much you get depends on: your…
If you or your partner are working, how much Universal Credit you get will…
Universal Credit is paid once a month, usually into your bank, building…
You can apply for Universal Credit online. You need to create an account…
If you need help to pay your bills or cover other costs while you wait for…
To get Universal Credit payments, you’ll need to accept an agreement…
You need to report changes to your circumstances so you keep getting the…
If you need financial support, you can get help and advice from the…
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
Child maintenance covers how your child’s living costs will be paid when…
Your child needs to be under 16 - or under 20 if they are in full-time…
You can either arrange child maintenance: privately between parents, if…
If you use the Child Maintenance Service, they will work out your child…
Sign in to your Child Maintenance Service account to: report a change in…
If you or the other parent in your child maintenance case denies that…
There are some changes you must tell the Child Maintenance Service about…
Sign in to your online account If you already have a Child Maintenance…
Make a complaint Follow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
You can make a private arrangement with your child’s other parent about…
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
Plan how and when you and your partner take Shared Parental Leave. Find out how much Statutory Shared Parental Pay you would get and when to give notice.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods
Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
Find out if you're eligible for free childcare for 2 to 4 year olds if you live in England - 2 year olds can get 15 hours per week, 3 to 4 year olds 30 hours.
Parents' Learning Allowance for full-time students with children - funding, apply, eligibility.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
How to apply for student finance - when to apply, deadlines, proof of identity, parents, income, change an application.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Widowed Parent's Allowance - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim, bereavement benefits claim form BB2.
Use this calculator to work out an amount of child maintenance for your children.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
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