Benefits
A range of benefits are awarded to eligible individuals and families without taking marital status into account. For example, Child Benefit is a regular payment that is not affected by marital status, income or savings, available to most people bringing up a child.
Tax credits (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) are also worked out without asking you whether you are married, civil partnered, or not.
But if you do marry or register a civil partnership you may qualify for other benefits which are not available to unmarried or uncivil partnered people (such as widow's benefits).
There is a wide variety of financial
help and welfare benefits. You should talk to an experienced
adviser, for example at your local Citizens' Advice
Bureau (CAB) or a local authority financial advisor.
A guide on benefits
and living together by Advicenow can be found here.
An 'A to Z' of benefits can be found
on the Community
Care website.
More information
and advice on benefits can be found on the Citizens'
Advice Bureau website.
Useful Contacts
HMRC Tax Credits website
Tax Credits helpline - call 0845 300 3900 or textphone 0845 300 3909
Child Benefit Office helpline - 0845 3021 444
Inland
Revenue
Department
for Work & Pensions
Job
Centre (work related benefits)
Benefits
and Work
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