Understand the financial support available if illness, disability or other circumstances affect your ability to work. Explore Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Universal Credit and return-to-work support. Learn about eligibility, payments and claiming processes to help protect your financial wellbeing.
Benefits when you've lost your job: what to claim first
Lost your job? What to claim and in what order: Universal Credit, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance, help with council tax and health costs, and the first steps to take.