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Find out the Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance rates. You can also find the tax credits rates, thresholds and allowances up to 5 April 2025.
A Budgeting Loan is to help pay for essential things or services. These easy read guides explain how they work, who can apply and how to apply.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part A
A guide to how social security benefits and lump sum payments can affect your award of compensation.
This guidance is for local authorities in England and Wales who are responsible for administering Discretionary Housing Payments.
This guidance is for providers of all DWP employment-related programmes. It is also known as the framework generic provider guidance.
Guidance explaining help with the costs of childcare for parents.
Information about Universal Credit service charge regulations for social landlords.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
This guidance will help you in your conversations with claimants who may be affected by the Universal Credit 2 child policy.
Policies and statements for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits statistical summaries.
Find out about the conditions you must meet to qualify for the disability element of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge through PAYE service.
A detailed guide to the assessment carried out to determine the capability for work or work related activity of ESA claimants (ESA214).
This COP26 leaflet gives detailed information on tax credit overpayments.
What Universal Credit means for couples who make a joint claim, including who can make a joint claim and what they will be expected to do in return.
Find out how to contact or make a payment to the National Recoupment Team.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
A guide for domestic violence and abuse victims about services from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
These easy read guides explain what a mandatory reconsideration is and when you can ask for one.
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