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Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme.
Urgent information for all local authority Housing Benefit staff.
An explanation of the process for reassessing incapacity benefits to help advisers and intermediaries support claimants.
A guide about who qualifies for Income Support, who you can claim for, how to claim and how payments are made.
A review of the Family Resources Survey weighting scheme.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information, that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
Changes to the way benefits can be reduced or stopped as a penalty for a benefit fraud offence following the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
Confirmed and proposed developments for the Move to Universal Credit Official Statistics.
New Loss of Benefit changes for claimant fraud - offences occurring wholly on or after 1 April 2013
InTouch is the Office of the Public Guardian’s newsletter for court-appointed deputies.
Information about PIP statistics quality assurance of administrative data.
How we're identifying benefit fraud and the penalties people could face for deliberately withholding information for their benefit claim.
Information for all local authority staff about Universal Credit.
Notice about a revision to the people on Universal Credit figures, and the restoration of data on the durations of time spent by individuals on Universal Credit.
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