Category: Benefits and Allowances

People receiving Disability Living Allowance will be invited to apply for the Personal Independence Payment which is for people who were born after 8 April 1948 and are aged 16 or over

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Introduction Employment and Support Allowance offers you support and financial help, so that you can do appropriate work, if you are able to. It also gives you access to a...

If you’re an employee and unable to work because you’re ill you may be able to get Statutory Sick Pay

You can appeal to the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal if you disagree with a decision about benefits, tax credits or child maintenance

If you’re on a low income, working or not, Housing Benefit gives financial help to pay your rent. Eligibility and how to claim

A guide to Universal Credit an allowance for people of working age, whether
they are in or out of work and includes disabled people

A Guide to Incapacity Benefit which gives financial help to people who are not working because they are sick or disabled. See also: Benefit Rates Note for new claimants: Since 27 October 2008, Incapacity Benefit...

The Universal Credit benefit rates from April 2019 to 2020 by the Department for Work and Pensions. Rates for 2018 to 2019 are also given

The Benefit Cap is part of government welfare reforms that place a limit on the amount of benefit you can get if you’re of working age

Extra financial support is given by Income Support to help people who don’t have enough to live on. Universal Credit (UL) replaced Income Support in phases from April 2013. You qualify if don’t have to...