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Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living from 2022 to 2024 if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.
Use this calculator to work out an amount of child maintenance for your children.
Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.
Find the contact details for a pension provider by using the Pension Tracing Service
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
As one or more of your benefits has ended or will be ending soon, you need to move to Universal Credit. 
The home of Department for Work and Pensions on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administe…
Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)
How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
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