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Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining what happens to their benefit when earnings increase.
An explanation for healthcare professionals of how DWP is reassessing incapacity benefits.
This document provides information on the 2 child payment limit for claimants of Income Support with dependants allowance.
Guidance for lenders on applying to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover loans from benefits paid to claimants.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
These instructions are used by Department for Work and Pensions staff to allocate National Insurance numbers.
A user guide to the Universal Credit Official Statistics on Stat-Xplore.
Guidance for DWP decision makers – abbreviations used in the guide.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
Guidance on how government policy makers should apply the ‘family test’.
Good practice guidance from the Office of the Public Guardian and the Senior Courts Costs Office.
How to find out if you're owed money if you claimed New Style JSA between 19 March 2020 and 19 November 2022 and said you had a pension.
Information about War Widows or Widowers Pension Supplementary Allowances.
A guide to the law relating to Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit including entitlement, changes in circumstances and how payments are made
What to do if you disagree with the amount of compensation recovered under the compensation recovery scheme after the claim is settled.
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 guide provides ideas and good practice for all local authorities (LAs) on the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.
How tax credits debt is affected by the move to Universal Credit and what claimants may need to do.
News and articles from across government for advisers, employers and organisations that help people find jobs.
Information about the Work and Health Programme statistics.
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