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Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
You could get a Funeral Expenses Payment (also called a Funeral Payment)…
You can get a Funeral Expenses Payment if all of the following apply: you…
You must apply within 6 months of the funeral, even if you’re waiting for…
It is your responsibility to make sure you can access enough money to pay for all your costs and to avoid getting into financial difficulties abroad.
How to apply to the Children’s Funeral Fund for help paying for a funeral for a child under 18
Help available and steps you should take if you have a medical emergency or are hospitalised abroad, including for planned treatment.
This review examined published and unpublished material relevant to take-up and impact of index-based micro-insurance
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
New tech and war risk insurance support announced for businesses helping Ukraine rebuild after Russia's illegal invasion.
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income or none at all - rates, eligibility and how to claim
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
FCDO travel advice aims to inform British nationals so they can make decisions about travelling abroad. This page sets out how the FCDO assesses risks and compiles travel advice.
£2 million has been awarded to projects investigating the best ways to boost tree numbers outside woodlands
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.
Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
The UK signs war-risk insurance Statement of Intent with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to help UK companies to do business in Ukraine.
How public sector schools can join the risk protection arrangement (RPA), an alternative to commercial insurance, which may save time and money.
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