Chapter 52: Hardship payments

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Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2022/23

This chapter covers:

1. Hardship payments of universal credit (here)

2. Hardship payments of jobseeker’s allowance (here)

3. Hardship payments of employment and support allowance (here)

4. Deciding hardship (here)

5. Applying for hardship payments (here)

6. Getting paid (here)

7. Challenging a hardship payment decision (here)

8. Tax, other benefits and the benefit cap (here)

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