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• Benefits - introduction

  An overview and content list for introduction to benefits. Find out more about benefits and what benefits you could be entitled to.

• Benefit overpayments

  Causes of benefit overpayments and what to do if you've been told you've been paid too much.

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax’.

• Bereavement and funeral benefits

  Find out about bereavement and funeral benefits. What you can claim depends on your circumstances and what your relationship was to the person who died.

• How to claim Child Benefit

  Check how to claim Child Benefit and what documents you’ll need. Find out how and when you’ll get paid.

• Check if you have the right to reside for benefits

  You might need to show you have a right to reside in the UK to claim some benefits. Find out what information you need and which benefits are affected.

• Check if you should move to Universal Credit from other benefits

  Your benefit may stop if your situation has changed. Check if you should move to Universal Credit instead. Find out how to move and check if you'll be better off.

• You think you're being accused of benefit fraud

  What to do if you’re worried you’re being investigated for benefit fraud.