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Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
This document contains guidance for local authorities on processing claims for Housing Benefit.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part A
British and Irish citizens and people with valid immigration status escaping the violence in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon can claim benefits from the day they arrive in the UK.
List of rents data used to calculate Local Housing Allowances (LHA).
How to tax living accommodation given to employees.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in France, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Tables showing the method used to produce the Local Housing Allowance rates in accordance with statute.
Information for UK nationals moving to or living in Ireland, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Spain, including guidance on residency, healthcare and passports.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
Good practice for local authority staff on recovering Housing Benefit overpayments.
What to do if you go into hospital and you get benefits
Reasons why your benefit payments could change, report changes in your circumstances while claiming benefits
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