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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.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
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
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
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
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
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
Contact information for Carer's Allowance Unit, telephone number and address
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (UC50) if you’re asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
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
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Apply to become an appointee for someone claiming benefits - how to apply or stop being an appointee.
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