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Estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefits by caseload and expenditure in Great Britain.
What happens if you’re suspected of benefit fraud - benefits that can and cannot be stopped if you commit fraud
Includes Disability Living Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Attendance Allowance
Help if you look after children or plan to have or adopt a child. Includes Child Benefit.
Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
Benefits that are available to you and how to apply for them.
National and Official statistics on the main benefits administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
What to do if someone you know is having issues with their benefits: the ways you can manage their claim and how to call a helpline to ask for help.
Guidance on finding work, claiming benefits, managing debts and pensions if you’re being made redundant.
Appeal to the independent Social Security and Child Support tribunal about a benefit decision: what happens at the hearing, getting a decision, if you do not agree
Help with costs and funeral expenses after someone has died. Includes Universal Credit.
Apply to become an appointee for someone claiming benefits - how to apply, stop being an appointee
Reasons for a support visit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Visiting Team, what to expect and how to check if the visitor is genuine
Help if you regularly spend time caring for someone. Includes Universal Credit.
Find out about non-cash benefits in connection with termination of employment or from employer-financed retirement benefits scheme
What to do if you go into a care home and you get benefits
Includes eligibility, appeals, tax credits and Universal Credit
Which small or 'trivial' benefits employers must pay tax and National Insurance on, and when to report them to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Incapacity Benefit is help if you could not work because of an illness or disability before 31 January 2011 - it's being replaced with Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
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