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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Incapacity Benefit is help if you could not work because of an illness or disability before 31 January 2011 - it's being replaced with Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
Half a million people claiming old benefits will be invited to claim Universal Credit, unlocking all the work support it offers.
If you’re a pension scheme administrator of a public service pension scheme, check how the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud) could affect you.
Statistical notice about changes to the way DWP will publish statistics about benefit underpayments and how it will classify cases which fail to provide evidence.
Information about Universal Credit for families with more than 2 children.
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
What happens if you’re suspected of benefit fraud - benefits that can and cannot be stopped if you commit fraud
You can take different tax-free lump sums from your pension pot depending on the type of protected allowances you hold.
Appeal to the independent Social Security and Child Support tribunal about a benefit decision: what happens at the hearing, getting a decision, if you do not agree
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 08 May 2024
Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.
Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK
Estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefits by caseload and expenditure in Great Britain.
Sign in to your account, report changes, find out about overpayments, or appeal a decision. Includes existing Universal Credit and tax credits claims.
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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