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Find out which services and goods relating to welfare are exempt from VAT, and if welfare services and goods that you provide can be exempt from VAT.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
Information for legal aid providers interested in applying to deliver Welfare Benefits services from November 2016.
Details of DWP statistics that relate to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
The Prime Minister has outlined a package of sweeping reforms to put work at the heart of welfare and deliver on his “moral mission” to give everyone who is able to work, the best possible chance of staying in, or...
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on welfare.
Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.
Find out more information on expenses, payments and benefits that are non-taxable.
Contract documents for providers of welfare benefits advice in London and the south-east, and the Midlands and the east.
Includes Disability Living Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Attendance Allowance
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing counselling services for employees
In a major speech today [Friday 19 April], the Prime Minister unveiled a package of welfare reform measures to tackle the unprecedented rise in economic inactivity and ensure our benefits system is better targeted at those who need it most.
Find out about legacy health, recognition, return to civilian life, support from the voluntary sector, commemoration and payment schemes.
Contract documents for the 2016 Standard Civil Contract.
Around 8 million eligible households across the UK are set to receive a £299 Cost of Living Payment in February, as the Government unveiled its plans to reward work, reform welfare and grow the economy.
If you're terminally ill and might not live longer than 12 months, you may be able to get some benefits at a higher rate.
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
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.
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