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These HB Direct newsletters provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
Urgent information for all local authority Housing Benefit staff.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
An explanation of the methodology used in the benefit destinations of claimants who have been sanctioned statistics.
Local authorities and DWP staff share actions they have taken to support claimaints that are affected by the benefit cap changes.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme.
Guidance for local councils on how to make sure the processing of Housing Benefit claims is accurate and secure.
These HB Direct newsletters for local authority staff provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
Information about how the data was used in the Google Public Data Explorer and access to the separate data files.
Information about Universal Credit trials and pilots
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