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Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are being urged to check eligibility for Pension Credit, an income top-up intended to help with everyday costs for eligible pensioners.
HMRC reports over 600,000 families are using Tax-Free Childcare and urges more working families to sign up to reduce childcare costs via the government scheme providing government top-ups on eligible childcare spending.
New DWP rules mean more than 325,000 residents in supported housing and temporary accommodation will keep more of what they earn when they start work or increase hours, changing how income interacts with housing-related benefits.
Businesses, charities and innovators can bid for a share of a £60 million fund aimed at helping disabled people and those with health conditions enter work, funding new programmes to support millions currently out of work for health reasons.
Government is providing a new £16 million fund to expand early access to free legal support for families facing eviction, debt or welfare disputes to prevent hardship and homelessness.
New amendments to the Social Housing Bill aim to strengthen homelessness prevention measures and safeguard social housing stock, introducing legal changes intended to improve protections for homeless households and retain affordable housing.
The Department for Work and Pensions will offer thousands of young disabled people and those with long-term health conditions fast-tracked jobs through the government’s Jobs Guarantee, expanding guaranteed employment opportunities for this cohort.
HMRC says almost 3 million young adults are owed money from Child Trust Funds and urges them to search online to claim their accounts, highlighting unclaimed balances among former Child Trust Fund beneficiaries.
More than £300 million has been paid out through the Help to Save scheme; HMRC is encouraging low‑income earners to open accounts during UK Savings Week so thousands more savers can benefit from government bonus payments.