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• Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

  you gave the wrong information on purpose. If the overpayment is because of fraud The council can take a bigger percentage from your wages. They can also take money if you earn £100 or less a week

• Choosing a personal pension

  Choosing a personal pension This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales A pension is a way of saving for your

• If you're worried about someone's gambling

  their gambling problem It can be difficult to start the conversation. You might want to tell them how their behaviour is affecting you and ask them how big the problem is. You can also let them know

• Prepare for an asylum interview

  if you don’t go to your interview. Your interview will happen after your ‘screening’ - it could be anything from a week to a year or even later. The Home Office will send you a letter telling you when your

• Challenging an Income Support decision - mandatory reconsideration

  Jobcentre Plus. Write ‘For the attention of the DWP Data Protection Officer’ on the envelope. It can take 6 to 8 weeks for a subject access request to come through, so don’t wait for it. Send

• Your right to life

  refused life-saving treatment refusal to investigate a death caused by a public authority. Example Your father's been admitted to hospital after a bad fall. You've just found out that the doctors have

• Letter to complain about your energy supply being switched without your agreement

  Letter to complain about your energy supply being switched without your agreement This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice

• Q8: dressing and undressing

  often feel too low to get dressed. It’s seems like a big effort and I find it hard to be motivated to do it unless my dad comes round and says I should. He usually comes round 2 or 3 times a week - unless

• Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay

  You shouldn’t get less pay when you’re on holiday than when you’re working. The paid holiday the law says you’re entitled to is called ‘statutory paid holiday’. For each week of statutory paid

• Getting sick pay when you're pregnant

  to your pregnancy or not.  Getting sick pay can affect your maternity pay Your maternity pay might be affected if you're off sick while you're pregnant. This is because your first 6 weeks of maternity