Benefits

Benefits

Leicester councillors call for end to two-child benefit cap

Leicester councillors call for end to two-child benefit cap

Labour councillors put pressure on ministers.

Government warned health benefits system is ‘financially unsustainable’

The system has been described as wasting human potential

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Judge rules incapacity benefit cuts consultation ‘misleading’

‘Fit for work’ reforms ‘unlawful’

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Pendle council’s call to reverse two-child benefit cap

Parties unite to demand an end to the policy.

Can I get a free boiler?

Support is available

2025 bank holiday dates that will affect your benefit payments

All the bank holiday dates in the next 12 months

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Moving to universal credit this year

Understanding universal credit migration

Key dates for universal credit and benefit changes in 2025

Here’s what you should know

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Tens of thousands have until tomorrow to make universal credit switch

Don’t miss out: act before 1 January 2025

An illustration of an older couple smiling as they hold a small house because they qualify for pension credit and housing benefit.

Labour plans to combine pension credit and housing benefit

Two benefits claimed by millions