Guidance

LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2026

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: 30 January 2026

Documents

LA Welfare Direct 1/2026

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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.

Published 30 January 2026