r/BenefitsAdviceUK↗
Hello and Welcome to Benefits Advice UK. We are a close-knit community of lived-experience claimants, DWP employees & (Ex-) Council staff who are taking up our free time to offer informal support/advice around DWP & council benefits. Please read our rules thoroughly, search before making a post and check out our Wiki below for helpful information. If we can't answer a question because it's too complicated, we'll signpost you to the Citizens' Advice &/or Welfare Rights service.
77k subscribers617 posts / mo in Sep 2026522 authors / mosince 2019
r/BenefitsAdviceUK has 77k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 617 posts a month from 522 people. Top topics: Student Finances, SickLeavePolicy and Job Hunting Struggles.
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- Student Finances0.4%
- SickLeavePolicy0.3%
- Job Hunting Struggles0.3%
- Centrelink & Benefits0.2%
- Job Offers & Success Stories0.2%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Benefits and Work
- Entitledto
- Shelter England
- Mygov
- Child Poverty Action Group
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