Pension Credit Explained: Who Can Get It and Why It Matters
The top-up for pensioners on a low income, the housing, council tax, heating and NHS help that comes with it, and the three…
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Money & Benefits
Plain guides to Child Benefit, Pension Credit, council tax and the help families and pensioners in Newham can claim.
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How to Claim Child Benefit: Who Qualifies and How to Apply
Who can claim, when to apply after a birth, why registering still pays when the tax charge applies, and which changes HMRC needs to hear about.
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Council Tax Reduction in Newham: How It Works and Who Qualifies
How Newham's means-tested scheme works, which national discounts cut a bill regardless of income, and what to do if payments…
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Maternity Allowance vs SMP: The Difference Explained
Employees who pass the service and earnings tests get pay from their employer; others, including the self-employed, may…
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Healthy Start Card: Who Qualifies, What It Buys, How to Apply
A prepaid NHS card topped up every four weeks for healthy food and milk, plus free vitamins, for families on qualifying…
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From the Archive
Earlier items on this subject from the constituency website that once used this domain
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Press release · 2003
Claim Your Child Tax Credit
How Child Tax Credit was introduced to families in Newham in April 2003.
Press release · 2002
Housing Benefit for Pensioners
The 2002 change that let pensioners claim Housing Benefit once every five years instead of every year.
Press release · 2001
Tackling Child Poverty
A 2001 call to families in East Ham to check the tax credits and benefits they could claim.
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