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Allocations for local authorities.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Attendance Allowance helps pay for your personal care if you've reached State Pension age and are disabled - rates, eligibility, apply, claim form AA1.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Toolkit for local authorities, housing providers and support organisations in the social rented sector, providing information on the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Explaining the process for challenging your Council Tax band and answering some common questions.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council
You can continue to get Housing Benefit for 2 weeks after you move to Universal Credit.
Guidance to councils on the Council Tax Support Fund scheme.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part D
This guide sets out the DRAFT dataset specifications for the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) 2024 to 2025 national exercise and NFI council tax single person discount 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 exercises.
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