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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.
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.
Statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment and ethnicity.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Guidance for landlords on Universal Credit and rented housing
Employment Tribunal decision
Experimental statistics covering the number of people and households on Universal Credit, starts and claims.
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