Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2023/24Part 4: General rules for other means-tested benefitsChapter 20: Income: under pension age Key facts
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Key facts
    •Your entitlement to income support (IS), income-based jobseeker’s allowance (JSA), income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) and working-age housing benefit (HB) and the amount you get depend on how much income you have.
    •Your own income counts and, if you are a member of a couple, your partner’s income also counts.
    •Some income may be completely or partly ignored, or it may count in full.
    •Some income may be treated as capital and some capital treated as income.
    •If you get IS, income-based JSA or income-related ESA (or universal credit), you are entitled to maximum HB, so you do not need to work out your income again for HB.
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