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Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
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Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
皇冠体育app Winter Fuel Payment for 2025 to 2026 will be made to everyone in鈥�
Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this replaced Council Tax Benefit
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
皇冠体育app Warm Home Discount Scheme could take 拢150 off your winter electricity bill - eligibility, how to get your discount, deadlines.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment
Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent
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
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits 鈥� sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Contact your local council to appeal against a Housing Benefit decision
National Concessionary Fuel Scheme provides free solid fuel to ex-employees of NCB and BCC - what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
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