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National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
Carer's Credit helps carers fill gaps in your National Insurance record to help you qualify for the State Pensions and other benefits - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
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
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Contact information for Carer's Allowance Unit, telephone number and address
Employers must fill in the SSP1 form when an employee is not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or when their SSP is ending.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (UC50) if you’re asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
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