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If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
You may be able to claim New Style Employment and Support Allowance with, or instead of Universal Credit, depending on your National Insurance record.
Factsheet explaining what Discretionary Housing Payments are, who can claim them and how to apply.
Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) provide financial support to help…
This guide explains what the fit note is and how you can use it to have a work and health discussion.
Guidance for Health Professionals carrying out PIP assessment activity and for those responsible for the quality of PIP assessments.
These easy read guides explain how you can get help from Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and how to claim it.
Use this collection of materials to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit.
The support that is available for Universal Credit claimants who have a disability or health condition.
How Universal Credit works if you are self-employed and how to report your self-employed income and expenses to Universal Credit every month.
This guidance explains actions required if you are given a fit note (Statement of Fitness for Work) by an employee.
This guidance helps healthcare professions make the best use of the fit note to support patients.
This document gives an introduction to Universal Credit for people who are claiming it.
If you're on a low income or out of work, Universal Credit supports you to find a job or increase the hours you work.
Information for GPs and patients on how we collect and publish data about fit notes issued in England.
This guidance is for healthcare professionals who undertake Work Capability Assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
How the Universal Credit claimant commitment works and what is expected of claimants in return for getting Universal Credit.
Detailed guidance about what Pension Credit is, how it's worked out, the eligibility rules and the application process.
Employers' guide to Access to Work: money to help disabled people do their jobs.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part A
An overview of what Universal Credit means for families and what they will be expected to do in return.
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