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IS20 - A guide to Income Support

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Who you can claim for

Claiming for your family

  Claiming as a couple

  Work Focused Interviews for Partners

  Temporary separation of a couple

  Claiming for children and young people

  Non-dependants

  Polygamous marriages

  Living together as husband and wife

  Who makes the decision on living together?

  If you are unhappy with our decision on living together

  Appealing

  What happens if your child’s other parent lives elsewhere?

  Liability to maintain a spouse

  Unmarried couples

  Sponsored immigrants


Your Income Support payment

  Rates of benefit

  Personal allowances

  What are personal allowances?

  The allowances

  Premiums

  What premiums are there?

  Premiums for people with children

  Premiums for long-term sick people and people with disabilities

  The carer premium

  Premiums for people whose partner is aged 60 or over

  Appealing against a decision that you are capable of work

  Housing costs

  Housing Benefit

  Council Tax Benefit

  Extended Payments

  Income Support housing costs

  Eligibility for help with housing costs

  Different housing costs

  How much help will you get?

  High housing costs

  Special housing situations

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