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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.
Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
Child maintenance covers how your child’s living costs will be paid when…
Your child needs to be under 16 - or under 20 if they are in full-time…
You can either arrange child maintenance: privately between parents, if…
If you use the Child Maintenance Service, they will work out your child…
Sign in to your Child Maintenance Service account to: report a change in…
If you or the other parent in your child maintenance case denies that…
There are some changes you must tell the Child Maintenance Service about…
Sign in to your online account If you already have a Child Maintenance…
Make a complaint Follow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
You can make a private arrangement with your child’s other parent about…
Use this calculator to work out an amount of child maintenance for your children.
The home of Department for Work and Pensions on GOV.UK. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administe…
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.
Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.
Use the Attendance Allowance claim form to apply for financial help for your personal care if you're disabled and State Pension age or older.
From today low-income households will start to receive the third Cost of Living Payment worth £299.
Use this claim form to apply for DLA for children under 16, in England and Wales.
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.
Guidance and forms for Income Tax. Including how to check your records, rates and reliefs, refunds and pensions.
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
Guidance and forms for PAYE. Including getting started as an employer, calculators, payroll, expenses and benefits, paying, penalties and statutory payments.
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.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Guidance for National Insurance. Including how to apply for a National Insurance number and check your record. As well as rates, paying, refunds, voluntary contributions and pensions.
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
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