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Guides

Guides that cut across benefits.

Our brand sites go deep on one benefit each. These guides answer the questions that sit between benefits: which one applies to you, how the rates compare, and what changes with age.

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Am I entitled to any benefits? The 60-second check

Answer a few quick questions and see which benefits fit your situation - and where to start with each. Nothing is sent or stored.

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What could your benefits add up to?

Pick the benefits and rates that fit your household and see the weekly, monthly and yearly total - official 2026/27 figures, nothing sent or stored.

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What benefits can I claim for a health condition?

A plain-English map of PIP, ADP, Attendance Allowance, DLA, ESA and Universal Credit - and which of them fit your age, work and care situation.

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Two tests

Failed PIP but got LCWRA? Two different tests

PIP and the Work Capability Assessment ask different questions - why one decision doesn't predict the other, and how to prepare for each.

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Savings rules

Which benefits are means-tested?

Savings don't affect PIP, DLA or Attendance Allowance - the map of which benefits ignore your money and where the £6,000 line matters.

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Rates

Disability benefit rates 2026/27 - all on one page

Every current rate in one place: PIP, DLA, Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, ESA and the Universal Credit health elements.

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Comparison

Disability benefits and State Pension age

Why new claims switch from PIP to Attendance Allowance at the boundary - and why claiming before it can be worth up to £80 a week.

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For parents

DLA to PIP at 16 - a parents' guide

Your child's DLA ends at 16 and PIP takes over. The deadlines, what changes, and how to avoid losing money at the handover.

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More guides are added as the family grows - always cross-benefit questions, never duplicates of what our brand sites already cover.