Benefits

Find out if you are eligible for financial support while you self-isolate.

Find out how to protect your benefit payments from being used incorrectly by your bank.

You may be able to get a one-off payment to help you buy essential food and fuel.

Housing benefit is a scheme to help people pay their rent to us, a housing association or a private landlord.

How to get the support you need in an emergency, if you are at risk and cannot support yourself financially.

There’s a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to 64 can get. This is called the benefit cap.

​If you are on a low income, you may be eligible for a reduction in council tax.

Disability living allowance is gradually being replaced by a personal independence payment (PIP) for people aged 16 to 64.