Benefits and support

In this section you can find out about the benefits paid by the council and Universal Credit, fraud and other financial support available. 

People of working age cannot make a new claim for Housing Benefit, if you need help to pay rent/housing costs, you will need to make an online claim for Universal Credit.  More details on Universal Credit (and how to claim) can be found on the government's website.

If you need help to pay your council tax, look at our council tax reduction pages.