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Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.
You need to move to Universal Credit if you’ve received a Migration Notice letter, as one or more of your benefits will be ending soon.
If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
You may be able to claim New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) with, or instead of, Universal Credit, depending on your National Insurance record.
The amount you earn, and how often you're paid your wages, can affect your Universal Credit.
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
You may be able to claim New Style Employment and Support Allowance with, or instead of Universal Credit, depending on your National Insurance record.
You have the right to get a copy of the information that is held about you. This is called the 'right of access'.
Help to understand debts and deductions taken from Universal Credit payments and who to contact about your debts and deductions if you're struggling financially.
Guidance on getting an extra payment to help with the cost of living if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits in 2022.
Information for local councils on the Household Support Fund to support vulnerable households in England.
Guidance on claiming Universal Credit if you're a student.
Factsheet explaining what Discretionary Housing Payments are, who can claim them and how to apply.
Guidance on finding work, claiming benefits, managing debts and pensions if you’re being made redundant.
Send a question to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministerial correspondence team.
Financial help and support when you first move to Universal Credit from your current benefits or tax credits.
Guidance to help people understand the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016.
This guide explains what the fit note is and how you can use it to have a work and health discussion.
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
If you want to claim Universal Credit you must verify your identity. This guide for claimants and people supporting them explains how to do that.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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