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Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.
What happens if you’re suspected of benefit fraud - benefits that can and cannot be stopped if you commit fraud
Find out about non-cash benefits in connection with termination of employment or from employer-financed retirement benefits scheme
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
This guide gives some examples of types of personal benefit.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing loans to employees
Guidance for creditors – for example, utility suppliers and landlords – on how the deductions from benefit scheme works.
An annual publication covering statistics on benefit rates, their annual up-rating, and indices of prices and earnings in Great Britain.
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.
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