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Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
These HB Direct newsletters provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
Information for all local authority staff about Universal Credit.
These HB Direct newsletters for local authority staff provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
This note provides background information on the Work Choice programme and the statistics we publish on it.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit scheme.
Background information on Housing Benefit entitlement reductions statistics including what they cover and how they're measured.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information, that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
This statistical notice is about a revision to the number of claims made to Universal Credit between 13 January and 14 September 2017.
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