Changes to Benefits

The government is making more changes to benefits from January 2012. These changes will limit or reduce the amount of benefit we can pay in some cases.

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What are these benefits?

Housing Benefit (including Local Housing Allowance) and Council Tax Benefit are to help with paying your rent or Council Tax if you are on benefits or a low income, whether or not you are working.  

There is also the second adult rebate to help with Council Tax. You can claim this even if you are not on a low income yourself.

Benefit basics

Special cases

Apply for Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance

Have your circumstances changed?

You must tell us about any changes in your circumstances that may affect your benefit.

Self-service for Benefits

Register online to see how much benefit we are paying you, when your next payment is due, and what information we used to calculate it.

Landlords can check the status of their tenants' claims where they are being paid direct to the landlord, and look up details of the benefit payments we have made to you.

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