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Guidance

LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2025

These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
16 January 2025
Last updated
618 August 2025 — See all updates

Documents

LA Welfare Direct 8/2025 lite

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LA Welfare Direct 8/2025

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LA Welfare Direct 7/2025

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LA Welfare Direct 6/2025

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Form LA17: LA notifying a change of circumstance or requesting confirmation of benefit award

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 39.6 KB

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LA Welfare Direct 5/2025 lite

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LA Welfare Direct 5/2025

Ref: LAWD 5/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 4/2025

Ref: LAWD4/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 3/2025

Ref: LAWD3/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 2/2025

Ref: LAWD2/2025 ISSN 2054-2836

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LA Welfare Direct 1/2025

Ref: LAWD1/2025, ISSN 2054-2836

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Details

LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide advice, guidance and information that affects Housing Benefit (HB) and other areas of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including:

  • policy changes
  • good practice
  • reminders

These publications replace our HB Direct newsletters and General Information Bulletins.

Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2025
Last updated 618 August 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added LA Welfare Direct Lite for August 2025.

  2. Addition of latest LA Welfare Direct bulletin for August 2025.

  3. Added LA Welfare Direct 7/2025 bulletin.

  4. Added LA Welfare Direct 6/2025 and revised LA17 form.

  5. Added LAWD5/2025 lite 16 May bulletin

  6. Added LA Welfare Direct Bulletin 05/2025.

  7. Added LA Welfare Direct Bulletin 04/2025.

  8. LAWD03/2025 has been added to page.

  9. Added LA Welfare Direct bulletin 2/2025.

  10. First published.

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Update history

2025-08-18 09:17
Added LA Welfare Direct Lite for August 2025.

2025-08-06 12:08
Addition of latest LA Welfare Direct bulletin for August 2025.

2025-07-04 13:51
Added LA Welfare Direct 7/2025 bulletin.

2025-06-20 14:17
Added LA Welfare Direct 6/2025 and revised LA17 form.

2025-06-02 14:33
Added LAWD5/2025 lite 16 May bulletin

2025-05-07 11:28
Added LA Welfare Direct Bulletin 05/2025.

2025-04-22 15:11
Added LA Welfare Direct Bulletin 04/2025.

2025-03-07 14:38
LAWD03/2025 has been added to page.

2025-02-05 14:25
Added LA Welfare Direct bulletin 2/2025.

2025-01-16 14:27
First published.