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Urgent information for all local authority Housing Benefit staff.
Keep Britain Working is an independent review of the role of employers in health and disability.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
A suggested letter for local authorities to send to claimants affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy.
This page provides local authorities with information and guidance about all aspects of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme.
Information about the Move to Universal Credit official experimental statistics.
A guide to the Personal Independence Payment data on Stat-Xplore.
This guidance explains how you will receive child maintenance if you have a Collect & Pay arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service.
How to ask for an assessment to be recorded using the service provided or your own recording equipment – and the conditions that apply.
Support, information and advice for carers.
Support with work experience and volunteering opportunities.
This document provides information on the 2 child payment limit for claimants of Income Support with dependants allowance.
A guide to using simple, consistent language when writing about automatic enrolment and pensions
This factsheet explains how to ask us to consider certain types of income when working out child maintenance – 'applying for a variation'.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
This document contains guidance for local authorities on processing claims for Housing Benefit.
Statutory guidance for trustees and scheme managers of defined contribution workplace pension schemes used for automatic enrolment to help them produce simpler annual pension benefit statements.
LSE is open to applications for grant funding from County Councils and Unitary Authorities (including Metropolitan Councils and London Boroughs) in England and Wales.
The Single Fraud Investigation Service (SFIS) is a partnership between DWP Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC and local authorities.
Guidance on the charge cap that applies to occupational pension schemes used for automatic enrolment.
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