Benefits

What benefits might I be entitled to?

The benefits system provides practical help and money to unemployed people looking for work. The system also provides financial help to people if on low incomes, bringing up children, retired, care for someone else, are ill or have a disability. If you think that any of these apply to you the there may be some benefits or tax credits you may be able to claim, depending on your circumstances. For more information please click on the benefits listed below.

• Low income
• Child Tax Credit
• Working Tax Credit
• Housing Benefit
• Council Tax Benefit
• NHS benefits, such as free prescriptions
• Unemployed
• Jobseekers Allowance
• Aged 60 or over
• Pension Credit
• Illness or disability
• Disability Living Allowance
• Attendance Allowance
• Industrial Injuries Benefit
• Incapacity Benefit
• Income Support
• Employment Support Allowance
• Working Tax Credit
• Pension Credit
• Caring for a disabled person
• Carer's Allowance
• Income Support
• Caring for children
• Child Benefit
• Child Tax Credit
• Free school meals
• School clothing grants

These are some of the benefits you may be able to claim if you meet any of the above situations. To check you are claiming your full entitlement, phone the Benefit Enquiry Helpline on 0800 556688.

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