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What you need to do to get your State Pension online.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.
Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.
Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.
Report someone committing benefit fraud - you can report anonymously.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a £500 payment to help with the costs of a new baby: what you'll get, eligibility and how to apply (claim form SF100).
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
Send your fit note for your Employment Support Allowance (ESA) claim.
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Use this claim form to apply for DLA for children under 16, in England and Wales.
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
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