New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance: unemployment support
Contribution-based support for some unemployed people seeking work. Separate arrangements apply in Northern Ireland.
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Resource types : Official guidance
Cold Weather Payment: help during severe cold
Automatic payments for some eligible benefit recipients when sustained cold weather meets the official trigger. Scotland has Winter Heating Payment instead.
Read more →Sure Start Maternity Grant: help with baby costs
A one-off grant toward certain costs of having a child for qualifying households. Not available in Scotland, which has separate support.
Read more →Winter Fuel Payment 2026–27: heating help for pensioners
Seasonal support for qualifying older people with winter heating costs; some payments may be recovered based on taxable income.
Read more →Maternity Allowance: support around childbirth
Payment for some people taking time off to have a baby who cannot obtain Statutory Maternity Pay or meet alternative qualifying conditions.
Read more →Support for Mortgage Interest: repayable housing-cost help
A repayable government loan may help some people receiving qualifying benefits with mortgage interest on their home.
Read more →Child Benefit: financial support for parents
Payments for people responsible for raising a child, with National Insurance credit benefits even when payments are not taken.
Read more →Help to Save: government-backed savings bonus
Help to Save is a government savings account with a bonus for people meeting qualifying low-income conditions.
Read more →Universal Credit Budgeting Advance: one-off costs
Certain Universal Credit claimants may access a repayable advance for eligible one-off household needs.
Read more →Home-to-school transport assistance: ask your council
Some children qualify for free home-to-school transport based on distance, eligibility, disability or special educational needs.
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