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More than one million households struggling with debt will get to keep an average 拢420 more of their benefits each year, under a change to Universal Credit coming into force today [30 April 2025].
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.
Use this calculator to work out an amount of child maintenance for your children.
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Find the contact details for a pension provider by using the Pension Tracing Service
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Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
Attendance Allowance helps with extra costs if you're State Pension age and disabled: rates, eligibility, claim form AA1, claiming due to a terminal illness.
How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.
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