Benefits

Government benefits are available to help you pay your council tax bill (council tax reduction), or your rent (housing benefit).

More information about housing benefits can be found on the Department of Work and Pensions website.

If you have any comments, compliments or complaints about our benefits service, please use our online feedback form.

More information

• Council tax reduction
• Housing benefit
• Changes to benefits from April 2013 
• Housing benefit and/or council tax reduction enquiries
• How to claim housing benefits and/or council tax reduction    
• What happens to my housing benefit and/or council tax reduction if my circumstances change?
• Who can claim housing benefit and/or council tax reduction?
• Benefit fraud
• Appealing against a housing benefit decision

• How to Appeal against our decision on your entitlement to Council Tax Reduction

• Backdating of housing benefit and council tax reduction 
• Local Housing Allowance
• Overpayments
• Second adult rebate