Welfare benefits reform
This year, some existing, means-tested welfare benefits will start to be phased out and replaced by a new benefits system.
Find out how you might be affected by Universal Credit and other changes due to happen in 2013, and what you can do to plan ahead.
This content applies to England
Changes to Welfare benefits
Universal Credit
Personal Independence Payment
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - where to start
- Who can get Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment
- After you are awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and other benefits
The Benefit Cap
Changes to Council Tax Benefit in England
How council tax benefit will be replaced by new local schemes called Council Tax Reduction (CTR), how CTR will work, and who will be affected by the changes.
Changes to the Social Fund in England
The Social Fund will be abolished in April 2013. Find out what's changing and what other help will be available for you when the Social Fund stops.











