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Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
Check what help you could get with childcare through Tax-Free Childcare, Free Childcare for Working Parents and free education and childcare for 2 to 4-year-olds.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
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
Contact information for Carer's Allowance Unit, telephone number and address
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
If you think a decision is wrong, you can use this form to ask DWP to look at it again. This is called 'mandatory reconsideration'.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
Claiming your State Pension later - extra State Pension, backdated arrears and lump sum payments.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
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