• Benefits
  • A-Z of Benefits
  • Benefits Changes
  • Universal Credit
  • Claiming and managing benefits
  • Who to contact to make a claim
  • Benefits Subject Groups
  • Armed Forces
  • Bereavement
  • Carers
  • Education costs
  • Expecting or bringing up child
  • Housing costs
  • Illness, Injury and Disability
  • Migrants
  • People aged 60 and over
  • Prisoners
  • Social Fund
  • Working or looking for work
  • Young People
• Grants
• Managing Money
• Tax
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Benefits

Welfare benefits are paid to make sure that there is a minimum standard of living for everyone.

In this section you will find information about welfare benefits and tax credits and how you can work out which ones you might be entitled to.

• Benefits news and changes 

  Keep up to date with the latest news about welfare benefits, including changes to the benefits system.

• Making and managing claims

  Our guide provides information on how the benefits system works and the steps you need to make and manage claims.

• Benefits subject groups

  We have put benefits and tax credits into subject groups, e.g. People aged over 60, to make it easier for you to find information relevant to your situation.

• A-Z of benefits

  If you know the name of the benefit you would like to find out more about you can use our A-Z as a quick way to find the information sheet you want.

• Universal Credit

  Visit our Universal Credit section to find out up to date details of Universal Credit