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In Brief is the quarterly Newsletter of the Redcar & Cleveland Welfare Rights Unit and our aim is to provide information on entitlement to benefits and changes in the benefit system.

• September 2008:
  • Important - Employment Support Allowance
  • Changes to Lone Parents' Entitlement to Income Support
  • Pension Credit – Assessed Income Periods
  • Act Now
  • Starting Work and extra help with Housing and Council Tax Benefit
  • And finally, last chance for (possible) windfalls
• July 2008:
  • Benefit Changes for Older People
  • Prescription Pre-payment Certificates (PPC’s)
  • Lone Parent’s Could be Missing Out
  • CRUNCH
  • Tax Credit Annual Awards
  • The Family Fund
• Previous Newsletters