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• Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and help with housing

  Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and help with housing This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you’re not a British citizen, you should check if your immigration status lets you claim...

• Getting financial advice

  Getting financial advice This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales There will probably be times in your life when you're not sure what to do with your money or what decisions you need to make about...

• Buying a more energy efficient appliance

  Buying a more energy efficient appliance This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you're thinking about buying a new appliance, you should think about:  the upfront cost to buy the appliance the cost of the...

• Choosing your energy tariff

  Choosing your energy tariff This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales An energy tariff is a plan for how much you’ll pay for your gas or electricity. A tariff includes the rate you’ll pay for the...

• Check how much redundancy pay you can get

  If you’re being made redundant, you might be entitled to redundancy pay. You’ll only get redundancy pay if it is a genuine redundancy - check if your redundancy is genuine. There are 2 types of redundancy pay you could get: ‘statutory’ redundancy pay - what the law says you’re entitled to...

• Challenging a rent increase

  Check if this advice applies to you This advice will usually apply to you if all the following are true: you have a private landlord you don’t live with your landlord you started renting on or after 15 January 1989 In most cases this means you’ll have an ‘assured shorthold...

• What to do after a death

  What to do after a death This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales What happens, and things you might need to think about, after someone dies. Registering the death The registration of the death is the...

• Before you get building work done

  Before you get building work done This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales These steps should help you save time, money and stress when you’re preparing to get building work, renovations or repairs done on your...

• How much ESA you can get

  How much ESA you can get This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales The amount of ESA you’ll get from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) depends on the type of ESA you claim. You might...

• Check if a change affects your Child Benefit

  Check if a change affects your Child Benefit This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about any changes to your children or living arrangements. This is called a...