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Detailed information about Universal Credit.
This collection brings together information for stakeholders and partners relating to Universal Credit.
An overview of what Universal Credit means for families and what they will be expected to do in return.
How Universal Credit works if you are self-employed and how to report your self-employed income and expenses to Universal Credit every month.
What Universal Credit means for couples who make a joint claim, including who can make a joint claim and what they will be expected to do in return.
Use this collection of materials to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit.
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.
Universal Credit is now available everywhere in Great Britain.
Local authorities and jobcentre areas that began to deliver Universal Credit as part of national expansion during 2015 and 2016.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Qualitative research with employers to help inform the design and implementation of Universal Credit.
If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
Benefits that are available to you and how to apply for them.
Information about Universal Credit statistics quality assurance of administrative data.
Find out if you're eligible for Universal Credit and how to claim.
If you have a health condition or disability, you’ll have an assessment to work out how much Universal Credit you can get and what you need to do in return.
Sign in to your Universal Credit account - report a change, add a note to your journal, see your payments and do other tasks
If you're on a low income or out of work, Universal Credit supports you to find a job or increase the hours you work.
Stat-Xplore allows you to download and customise Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics.
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