Benefits

Benefits and tax credits if working, unemployed, sick or disabled, a young or older person. Council tax and housing costs, payments and problems with payments of benefit. If you need help to claim universal credit call freephone 0800 144 8 444 (Monday to Friday 8am-6pm or webchat: visit the Universal Credit pages on our website and go to "Talk to an adviser" in the bottom right hand corner

  • Don't understand what you are entitled to claim?
  • Have your benefit or tax credit payments been suspended?
  • Do you want to challenge a benefit or tax credit decision?

You can find useful information on the Adviceline benefits website. If you need more help after reading the information, please use the postcode check below.

Postcode check

We can provide advice if you live or work in Islington. (If you work in Islington, we can only help you with work related issues).