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Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for: Statutory…
Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: Ordinary Maternity…
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of…
Statutory Maternity Leave You qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave if:…
Statutory Maternity Leave At least 15 weeks before your due date, tell…
Maternity benefits Use a benefits calculator to see what help you can get…
A disability premium is extra money if you’re under Pension Credit age and registered blind or getting certain benefits - what you get, eligibility, apply
Disability premiums are extra amounts of money added to your:…
You can get the disability premium on its own. You might get the severe or…
Disability premium payments can be added to your: income-related…
You do not have to claim disability premium. If you’re eligible, it’s…
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.
Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.
The rules and exceptions that apply if you had more than 2 children before 6 April 2026 and claimed Universal Credit.
How benefits, charges and payments for judicial pension schemes of Chapter 2 members are affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
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