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If your pregnancy ends before 24 weeks, you can get a free certificate in memory of your baby.…

Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.

The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk

Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and spli…

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.

Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work - how to apply online, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), eligibility, rates, rapid reclaim, JSA interview, when payme…

How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.

Tax credits when you have a baby - what money you can get, how and when to apply for tax credits

Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents

The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.

What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights

How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK

Guidance and order form for advisers and intermediaries who need to order DWP information leaflets and reply envelopes.

Reasons why your benefit payments could change, report changes in your circumstances while claiming benefits

Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment

Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations

Employer guide to Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, non-payment form, recover statutory pay

Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.

• Updated: 1 November 2023

This programme aims to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all families can access the support they need.

• Updated: 9 February 2023