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• 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...

• Making a will

  Making a will This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Why it is important to make a will It is important for you to make a will whether or not you consider you have many possessions...

• Preparing to challenge your eviction if you've been discriminated against

  Before you take any action you need to make sure your discrimination problem is covered by the Equality Act. You might be able to stop your eviction if: your landlord is evicting you because of a protected characteristic (direct discrimination) your landlord's eviction process puts you and people with your protected...

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales How to deal with the property of a person who has died Everything owned by a person who has...

• If you're being taken to court for debt

  If you're being taken to court for debt This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales The people you owe money to are called ‘creditors’. If you owe money and you don't pay it back your creditor...

• Applying for Universal Credit

  Applying for Universal Credit This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you haven’t already, you should check you’re eligible for Universal Credit. If you're already on benefits, you should check if you need to move on...

• Arguments for challenging a sanction

  Arguments for challenging a sanction This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you’ve been warned that you might be sanctioned and you think the sanction would be unfair you should explain why and give your...

• Buying a home

  Mortgage calculator Use the mortgage calculator to work out how much your monthly mortgage payments could be now, and if interest rates rise. Use the mortgage calculator How much can you afford The first thing you need to do is decide how much you can afford. You will need to...

• Gathering evidence about housing discrimination

  The Equality Act 2010 If you haven't already checked, make sure your housing problem is covered by the Equality Act before you take any action - check if your problem is discrimination. If you're being harassed, it might be discrimination under the Equality Act. Check if your harassment problem is covered...

• Domestic abuse

  Domestic abuse This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Domestic abuse is behaviour from a family member, partner or ex-partner. It can happen to people of all genders. It can include: physical or sexual abuse violent...