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  2. Universal Credit - Wikipedia

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    Universal Credit logo. Universal Credit is a United Kingdom social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits, for working-age households with a low income: income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), and Income Support; Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC); and Housing Benefit.

  3. Support for Mortgage Interest - Wikipedia

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    To get SMI a person must be in receipt of one of the following benefits: Income Support [1] income-based Jobseeker's Allowance [1] income-related Employment and Support Allowance [1] Pension Credit [1] Those in receipt of Universal Credit may also be entitled to SMI. [2] The waiting time for help increased on 1 April 2016 from 13 weeks to 39 weeks.

  4. Benefit cap - Wikipedia

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    The benefit cap is a UK welfare policy that limits the amount in state benefits that an individual household can claim per year. It was introduced by the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in 2013 [1] as part of the coalition government's wide-reaching welfare reform agenda which included the introduction of Universal Credit and reforms of housing benefit and disability benefits.

  5. Universal Credit: Thousands in NI to move to new benefit from ...

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    Tens of thousands of Northern Ireland households will start being moved on to Universal Credit (UC) from Monday. Universal Credit is a single benefit payment for working-age people. The Department ...

  6. Housing Benefit - Wikipedia

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    Housing Benefit is a means-tested social security benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help meet housing costs for rented accommodation. It is the second biggest item in the Department for Work and Pensions ' budget after the state pension, totalling £23.8 billion in 2013–14. [citation needed] The primary legislation governing ...

  7. Welfare Reform Act 2012 - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to make provision for universal credit and personal independence payment; to make other provision about social security and tax credits; to make provision about the functions of the registration service, child support maintenance and the use of jobcentres; to establish the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and otherwise amend the Child Poverty Act 2010; and for ...

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