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Help you can get from your council’s Crisis and Resilience Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
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.
Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Report changes in circumstances if you're claiming or have applied for Carer's Allowance - if you get a job, take a break from caring for someone, stop being a carer
If you have a health condition or disability, you’ll have an assessment to work out how much Universal Credit you can get and what you need to do in return.
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
Employers must fill in the SSP1 form when an employee is not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or when their SSP is ending.
Appeal to the independent Social Security and Child Support tribunal about a benefit decision: what happens at the hearing, getting a decision, if you do not agree
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire if you're asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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