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Debt Advice Handbook 16th edition
Chapter 7: Maximising income
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Debt Advice Handbook 16th edition
Chapter 7: Maximising income
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Chapter 7: Maximising income
1. Introduction
2. How to use this chapter
Which benefits can a client claim
3. A–Z of benefits
Attendance allowance
Bereavement benefits
Carer’s allowance
Child benefit
Disability living allowance
New-style employment and support allowance
Guardian’s allowance
Health benefits
Healthy Start food and vitamins
Housing benefit
Industrial injuries disablement benefit
New-style jobseeker’s allowance
Maternity allowance
Pension credit
Personal independence payment
Social fund payments
State retirement pension
Statutory adoption pay
Statutory maternity pay
Statutory neonatal care pay
Statutory parental bereavement pay
Statutory paternity pay
Statutory shared parental pay
Statutory sick pay
Universal credit
4. A–Z of other financial help
Charities
Child maintenance
Childcare costs
Free childcare
Childcare costs through universal credit
Tax-free childcare
Council tax
Crisis and Resilience Fund
Discretionary housing payment
Equal pay rules
Food banks
Free school meals
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National minimum wage
Payments for war injury
Private and occupational pensions
School costs
Social services
Special funds for sick or disabled people
Students in higher education
Tax allowances
Tax rebate
Tax reliefs
Trade unions
Transport costs
Warm Home Discount
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CPAG. "Chapter 7: Maximising income." In
Debt Advice Handbook 16th edition.
, 2026. Accessed April 5, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-268264CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Chapter 7: Maximising income." In
Debt Advice Handbook 16th edition.
, 2026. Accessed April 5, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-268264CITANCHOR.
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CPAG
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Debt Advice Handbook 16th edition
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CPAG
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Publication date:
February 24, 2026
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April 5, 2026
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https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-268264CITANCHOR
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