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How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - online, Direct Debit, bank transfer, cheque.
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Find out if you're eligible for Universal Credit and how to claim.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension: National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment.
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is help if you're ill or disabled from an accident or disease caused by work - eligibility, how to claim.
The Payment Exception Service is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. It replaces the Simple Payment service
If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £110.75 a week in 2026 to 2027 - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953
Use the adult or child claim form and notes to apply for a Funeral Expenses Payment by post.
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Constant Attendance Allowance - extra money to help pay for care if you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a War Disablement Pension
If you cannot use the online service to get a State Pension forecast, you can do it by post using this application form. Fill it in and post it to us.
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
What to do when you disagree with a tax decision (HMRC1) - appealing against a decision, getting a review by HMRC and reasonable excuses.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
Benefit overpayments - how they happen, your responsibilities, making repayments to DWP Debt Management, appeal an overpayment decision, Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
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