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This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme.
Urgent information for all local authority Housing Benefit staff.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
These HB Direct newsletters provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
These HB Direct newsletters for local authority staff provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
Use this material to encourage people to claim Carer's Allowance online.
New Loss of Benefit changes for claimant fraud - offences occurring wholly on or after 1 April 2013
Loss of Benefit: High level process map.
Changes to the way benefits can be reduced or stopped as a penalty for a benefit fraud offence following the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
Guidelines on the use and interpretation of official statistics on children in out-of-work benefit households.
Advertisement to be used in print publications to publicise new rules for Housing Benefit.
Sample content for communications on the recent changes to Housing Benefit (removal of the spare room subsidy).
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining new rules from April 2013.
Guidance for local authorities on subsidies DWP pays for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) schemes.
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