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Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
Information that GPs and other healthcare professionals need to help us provide benefits and welfare services.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing food and groceries for employees
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.
Guidance for creditors – for example, utility suppliers and landlords – on how the deductions from benefit scheme works.
This collection brings together the most recent editions of HB Direct.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
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