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Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Detailed information about Universal Credit.
Impact assessments and analytical documents relating to the Employment Rights Act 2025.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
Find out about the help for Universal Credit claimants aged 16 to 24 to find a job, work-related training or an apprenticeship though the Youth Offer.
This guide explains changes to Universal Credit limited capability for work payments from 3 April 2017.
You can raise an issue about the service you get from a Disability Confident employer.
These easy read guides explain what Carer’s Allowance is and how you can apply for it.
These easy read guides explain what New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is, how you can apply for it, and what happens after you apply.
Information about the qualifications available under the statutory digital entitlement.
This guidance will help you in conversations with claimants who may be affected by the Universal Credit 2 child policy before April 2026.
How armed forces personnel serving overseas can claim Universal Credit.
Changes to how your UK State Pension is calculated if you live in the EU, EEA or Switzerland and previously lived in Australia, Canada or New Zealand.
How to contact DWP partnership teams for England, Scotland and Wales.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
How the Universal Credit claimant commitment works and what is expected of claimants in return for getting Universal Credit.
Who is eligible to claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, because of Dupuytren’s contracture affecting the hand, and how to claim.
This easy read guide explains what the Disability Confident scheme is and how to become a Disability Confident employer.
How to attract, recruit and retain disabled people.
This page lists the locations and opening dates of temporary jobcentres.
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