Managing on low income
Find out more about specific benefits and services
Many people on a low income paying council tax are entitled to Council Tax Benefit but are not claiming at the moment. Find out more about Council Tax Benefit (this link will take you to the Directgov website)
- If you are on a low income and any of the following apply: you are a lone parent, you are sick or disabled, you are aged 60 or over, you are caring for someone who is ill or disabled, you are registered blind:
check Income Support (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you are paying rent and on a low income:
check Housing Benefit. (this link will take you to the Directgov website). - If you are paying council tax and on a low income:
check Council Tax Benefit. (this link will take you to the Directgov website) - If you are on a low income and need help with health costs:
check Help with health costs (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you get a low-income benefit or tax credit and need help paying for a funeral:
check Funeral Payment (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you or your partner are getting Income Support or income-based Jobseeker's Allowance and have a child under 5 or you are disabled or are aged 60 or over:
check Cold Weather Payment (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you are leaving residential or institutional accommodation, need help to stay in your own home, have had an unsettled way of life or you are facing exceptional pressure:
check Community Care Grants (This link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website)
(Residential or institutional accommodation means a place where you get a lot of care or supervision, like hospital or residential care and nursing homes). - If you need things for your home or other things which you cannot pay for in a lump sum and you get Income Support or income-based Jobseeker's Allowance:
check Budgeting Loans (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you need immediate help with day-to-day living costs or something else in an emergency:
check Social Fund Crisis Loans. - If you, or your partner if you have one, are working but have a low income, you may be able to get Working Tax Credit. For information, go to the:
HM Revenue & Customs website. - If you are responsible for at least one child or young person, you may be able to get Child Tax Credit. For information go to the:
HM Revenue & Customs website.