Your benefit rights
— what you can do to defend your entitlements
The best-known advice agencies mainly tell people how to comply with
the new rules. Most of them don’t give us the information we need to fight our
cases. The information here comes from sharing our experiences with other grassroots groups, claimants, anti-poverty campaigners, single
mums, tenants’ rights and disability campaigners, and lawyers
bringing legal challenges.
See our COVID changes page for info on benefit assessments by telephone, benefit appeals held remotely, and more.
- Bedroom tax
- Challenging benefit sanctions
- Check your entitlements
- Coronavirus — temporary benefit changes (sick pay, appointments, interviews)
- Council Tax
- Debt advice
- Disability Living Allowance — under 16s or over 65
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Freedom Pass
- Immigrant disabled people — rights to support
- PIP Personal Independence Payments
- Private renters
- Universal Credit self-help info
Below are leaflets on exemption from face-to-face interview, to give to your GP or other professional, or you can use it yourself:
