Benefits & Support, a guide to government programs with who qualifies, when, and how to apply

More people miss government support because they never heard of it than because they failed to qualify. Here we bring together who each benefit is for, how much it pays and how to apply.

We cover housing allowances, sickness benefit and energy vouchers, youth savings schemes and lifelong-learning vouchers, earned income and child tax credits, and easy-to-miss claims like unclaimed insurance payouts and refunds. Income requirements, payment amounts, deadlines, required documents and where to file are written down alongside.

When a deadline passes, the entitlement goes with it. So we lead with what has to be ready by when, and update the thresholds as they change each year.