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• Benefits - introduction

  An overview and content list for introduction to benefits. Find out more about benefits and what benefits you could be entitled

• Parental bereavement pay - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  Find out if you're entitled to parental bereavement pay, and how to arrange it with your employer

• Get help with the cost of renting privately

  Check if you can get help to pay your rent or council tax. Check if you can get Universal Credit for housing costs or a council tax reduction.

• Sorting out money when you separate

  Sorting out money when you separate. Arranging financial support, including help with legal fees and benefits, and help with council tax and dividing up money.

• After you've been dismissed

  Help with moving on and finding a new job after being dismissed, including benefits, getting a reference, and explaining your dismissal to a new employer

• Challenging a benefit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  Check what you can do if you disagree with a benefit decision made by the DWP or HMRC

• Getting a lodger

  What to think about before taking in a lodger and becoming a resident landlord

• Check if a change affects your Child Benefit

  Check which changes in circumstance to report to HMRC and how the changes will affect your Child Benefit. Find out if you're affected by the high income tax charge.

• Check what benefits to claim if you’re sick or disabled

  Find out what benefits you should claim if you're sick or disabled. There are a few options and you should apply for the one that suits your circumstances best

• Check your employment status

  Find out what your employment status is so you can understand how it affects your rights