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  • Replacement of Council Tax Benefit with a localised Council Tax Support. Replacement of Community Care Grants and most Crisis Loans with locally Adminstered Assistance.
  • The bedroom tax.
  • The Benefit Cap will start a little later than planned. It will apply from 15 April 2013 in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey-12 DWP staff have been co-located to help there. It will be rolled out in all other local authorities from July 2013 onwards(click here to see numbers affected in your area).
  • PIP to start in some pilot areas. From 8/4/2013 a new War Pension related benefit (like Personal Independence Payment) called Armed Forces Independence Payment.
  • Most working age benefits will rise at 1% per year from 2013 for 3 years(exceptions are pensions– will rise by 2.5%,  and benefits relating to disability and carers– will rise by inflation). Local Housing Allowance will rise by 2.2%.
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