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This easy read guide explains who can apply for a State Pension and how to apply if you live outside the UK.
How HM Revenue and Customs handles Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit cases
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part B
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
Guidance and materials for the survey of adult carers in England (SACE) 2025 to 2026 survey year.
Use this material to encourage people to claim Carer's Allowance online.
How to ask for an assessment to be recorded using the service provided or your own recording equipment – and the conditions that apply.
How to apply for a special payment if you claimed Income Support because of a disability or health condition instead of Employment and Support Allowance.
How to spot West Nile fever, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part C
It’s important you understand what you must do to get your benefit payment and what will happen if you don’t do this.
This leaflet explains the process for reviewing child maintenance cases every year and how it affects paying parents and receiving parents.
Official statistics on the number of children living in low income families.
Information about the main differences between Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
A user guide to the Universal Credit Official Statistics on Stat-Xplore.
Guidance for lenders on taking part in the scheme to pay Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) direct to qualifying lenders.
Information about War Widows or Widowers Pension Supplementary Allowances.
This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs charged by professional and public authority deputies
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