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• Check if you can claim new style ESA

  Check what Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is and if you can claim

• Getting Universal Credit if you’re sick or disabled

  Check if you can apply for support if you can't work because you're sick or disabled. Universal Credit is available for people with sickness or disabilities

• Get help if you’re struggling to pay your bills

  Check what help you can get if you’re struggling with money and you can’t afford to pay bills like energy, rent, internet or council tax

• Before you claim

  Before going through the process of claiming you should check if you can get child benefit. Read our advice on who is eligible for child benefit payments.

• Check if a change affects your new style JSA

  What to do if you have a change of circumstances while getting JSA. How to report changes to your work, income, family, health or immigration status

• Paying back a working or child tax credits overpayment

  Change how quickly you repay a tax credits overpayment, and find out about other ways to pay

• Pension Age Winter Heating Payment

  Find out more about Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, an annual payment to help older people with energy bills in winter. This benefit replaces Winter Fuel Payment in Scotland.

• Short-term Assistance

  Find out about financial help you might get whilst challenging a Child Disability Payment decision, known as 'Short-term Assistance