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Childcare benefits, tax credits and other help for working parents (parents section)

Childcare can be expensive, but help may be available depending on your circumstances

Benefits and help when looking for work

Jobseeker's Allowance and other benefits you may get if you're looking for work - who qualifies and how to find out more

Benefits and help for parents going back to work (parents section)

Support for parents starting work or coming off benefits to start a new job, including free early years education, tax credits and Job Grant

Jobseeker's Allowance

Basic information about claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) if you're of working age but unemployed and seeking work

Jobseeker's Allowance - Premiums

Premiums are special additions in the calculation of Jobseeker's Allowance.

Jobseeker's Allowance - Joint Claims

Help and advice about joint claims for Jobseeker's Allowance

Income Support

Basic information about claiming Income Support if you can't work full-time and don't have enough money to live on

Employment and Support Allowance (people with disabilities section)

Information about Employment and Support Allowance, which replaced Incapacity Benefit for new customers from 27 October 2008

Community Care Grants

How to apply for Community Care Grant money to help if for example you're homeless, leaving prison, caring for someone or facing family breakdown

Statutory Sick Pay

Basic information about getting Statutory Sick Pay from your employer when you're ill and can't work

Job Grant

Basic information about claiming a Job Grant one-off tax-free payment when you, your partner or civil partner comes off benefits to start work

Reduced Earnings Allowance

Basic information about claiming Reduced Earnings Allowance money if you're earning less because of your work-related illness or disability before 1 October 1990  

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