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Guidance for DWP staff who suspend or terminate payment of benefit or defer a decision on a benefit claim.
An overview of how people who are claiming tax credits might be affected by Universal Credit.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part D
Access to Work provider memos.
Loss of Benefit: DWP notification FPA7 and sample claimant letter.
Guidance about the different back to work schemes available to JSA and Universal Credit claimants.
Guidance for DWP decision makers – abbreviations used in the guide.
A list of Housing Benefit circulars and the guidance manual chapters they relate to.
Information about the Universal Credit statistics release strategy.
Information about Universal Credit trials and pilots
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit providing advice on managing money, dealing with debts and help with paying rent.
This page provides local authorities with information and guidance about all aspects of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme.
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining what happens to their benefit when earnings increase.
How you can help young people claim benefits.
Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
Guidance for lenders on applying to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover loans from benefits paid to claimants.
This guide provides ideas and good practice for all local authorities (LAs) on the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.
DWP provider guidance for the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) programme.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
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