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  2. Disability Living Allowance - Wikipedia

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    Be habitually resident in the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; Not be subject to immigration control; Have lived in Great Britain for two of the last three years, if over 3 years old; Children under the age of three. A child under six months must have lived in Great Britain for at least thirteen weeks.

  3. How a 'game-changer' child tax credit for families became a ...

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    The child tax credit was first enacted in 1997 as a way to give middle- and upper-income families an extra $500 nonrefundable tax credit per year for each of their children.

  4. Roth IRA - Wikipedia

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    A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account (IRA) under United States law that is generally not taxed upon distribution, provided certain conditions are met. The principal difference between Roth IRAs and most other tax-advantaged retirement plans is that rather than granting a tax reduction for contributions to the retirement plan, qualified withdrawals from the Roth IRA plan are tax-free ...

  5. 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 ...

  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.

  7. Jobseeker's Allowance - Wikipedia

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    National Insurance credits were paid by the Government on his behalf, even if he claimed another benefit; this came to an end in 2016, with the new State Pension. Women could only claim until they reached the State Pension age; this increased gradually between 2010 and 2020. The State Pension age is now 66 for both men and women, as of 2020. [43]

  8. Personal Independence Payment - Wikipedia

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    PIP was introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (which have been repeatedly amended). It began to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for new claims from 8 April 2013, by means of an initial pilot in selected areas of north-west and north-east England.

  9. Employment and Support Allowance - Wikipedia

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    A person must have capital of less than £16,000 to be eligible for income-based ESA. This includes any savings that the claimant or their spouse or partner may own. [3] Income-related ESA is not time-limited [4] and is not usually subject to Income Tax, but contribution-based ESA is. [5] Universal Credit is incorporating income-related ESA in ...