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Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
Carer's Credit helps carers fill gaps in your National Insurance record to help you qualify for the State Pensions and other benefits - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
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
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
If you cannot use the online service to get a State Pension forecast, you can do it by post using this application form. Fill it in and post it to us.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
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