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A practical guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
You can continue to get Housing Benefit for 2 weeks after you move to Universal Credit.
How defined contribution pension freedoms could affect your entitlement to social security benefits.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
This guide explains changes to Universal Credit limited capability for work payments from 3 April 2017.
Guidance on how to resolve landlord queries about Universal Credit. It includes links to online information, and telephone numbers for specialist support.
This guide is for staff who deal with Housing Benefit overpayments for local authorities and housing authorities.
Guidance for compensators and their representatives on the Compensation Recovery Scheme.
This easy read guide explains how you can get help from Pension Credit and how to claim it.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Guidance for new creditors, for example, utility suppliers and landlords, on how to apply for deductions from a claimant's ESA, JSA, Income Support and Pension Credit.
This document sets out the terms of reference for the Pensions Commission.
These easy read guides explain what Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children is, how you can apply for it and what happens when a child turns 16.
A series of example letters sent to DLA claimants to invite them to start a claim for Personal Independence Payment.
National and regional support for people struggling to afford food.
This guidance is for DWP providers of the Work and Health Programme including WHP Pioneer.
This information is for local authority staff who process claims and administer Housing Benefit, including Local Housing Allowance.
Changes to how your UK State Pension is calculated if you live in the EU, EEA or Switzerland and previously lived in Australia, Canada or New Zealand.
Guidance for healthcare professionals who issue form MAT B1 to verify a pregnancy and confirm the expected week of confinement.
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