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Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Update your details, find out how much you’ll get paid and tell HMRC about a change in your circumstances
Child Tax Credits if you're responsible for one child or more - how much you get, eligibility, claim tax credits
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
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.
Working Tax Credit - how much money you get, hours you need to work, eligibility, claim, tax credits when you stop work or go on leave
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
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
Disabled Students' Allowance is extra money for higher education students - DSA1 forms, eligibility, how to apply, needs assessment.
Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
Disabled Facilities Grants help towards the costs of making changes to your home so you can continue to live there
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
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
Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (UC50) if you’re asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
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