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Sign in to your Universal Credit account - report a change, add a note to your journal, see your payments and do other tasks
Find out how much State Pension you could get (your forecast), when you could get it and how you could increase it
Guidance on getting an extra payment to help with the cost of living if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits in 2022.
Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
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
Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.
Search and apply for jobs in Great Britain using ‘Find a job’.
Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) replaces Disability Living Allowance (DLA) - how and when to claim, rates, eligibility.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment
How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Over 8 million families in the UK will continue to receive direct financial support from Government, with the first of five Cost of Living Payments – worth £301 – hitting bank accounts this spring.
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.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
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…
Use this calculator to work out an amount of child maintenance for your children.
Millions of the lowest-income households across the UK will get up to £1,350 from the Government in 2023/4 to help with the cost of living.
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