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Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit notes, disputes.
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Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.
Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Send your fit note for your Employment Support Allowance (ESA) claim.
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
Use this claim form to apply for DLA for children under 16, in England and Wales.
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a £500 payment to help with the costs of a new baby: what you'll get, eligibility and how to apply (claim form SF100).
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults - DLA rates, eligibility, changes because of Personal Independence Payment.
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension
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