Guidance

LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2025

These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
16 January 2025
Last updated
4 July 2025 — See all updates

Documents

LA Welfare Direct 7/2025

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LA Welfare Direct 6/2025

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Form LA17: LA notifying a change of circumstance or requesting confirmation of benefit award

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LA Welfare Direct 5/2025 lite

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LA Welfare Direct 5/2025

Ref: LAWD 5/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 4/2025

Ref: LAWD4/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 3/2025

Ref: LAWD3/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 2/2025

Ref: LAWD2/2025 ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 1/2025

Ref: LAWD1/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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Details

LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide advice, guidance and information that affects Housing Benefit (HB) and other areas of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including:

  • policy changes
  • good practice
  • reminders

These publications replace our HB Direct newsletters and General Information Bulletins.

Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2025
Last updated 4 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Added LA Welfare Direct 7/2025 bulletin.

  2. Added LA Welfare Direct 6/2025 and revised LA17 form.

  3. Added LAWD5/2025 lite 16 May bulletin

  4. Added LA Welfare Direct Bulletin 05/2025.

  5. Added LA Welfare Direct Bulletin 04/2025.

  6. LAWD03/2025 has been added to page.

  7. Added LA Welfare Direct bulletin 2/2025.

  8. First published.

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