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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults - DLA rates, eligibility, changes because of Personal Independence Payment.
Help you can get from your council’s Household Support Fund if you cannot afford to pay for essentials like energy bills and food.
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.
Contact information for queries about claims that have been made for Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance
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.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds.
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.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
Report changes in circumstances if you're claiming or have applied for Carer's Allowance - if you get a job, take a break from caring for someone, stop being a carer
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