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• How Universal Credit payments work if you're self-employed

  Find out how Universal Credit payments work if you're self-employed.

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  • Benefits
  • Universal Credit

• If you can’t pay your bills because of coronavirus

  Check what help you can get if you can’t afford to pay bills like council tax and energy because of coronavirus (COVID-19). Also find out when you can pause repayments for bills like mortgages and tax debt.

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  • Debt and money

• Complaining about bailiffs

  Find out how to complain about bailiffs if you’ve been treated badly - and know what you can do if you’ve already complained

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  • Debt and money
  • Action your creditor can take
  • Bailiffs

• Starting your Universal Credit claim

  How to apply for Universal Credit online, phone or in person, and how to start your application.

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  • Benefits
  • Universal Credit

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance.

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  • Benefits

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

  Find out how to stop your eviction if your landlord has discriminated against you.

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  • Housing
  • Discrimination in housing

• Check you’re in the right Universal Credit work-related activity group

  Make sure your work coach isn’t asking you to do too much work-related activity as part of your Universal Credit claim.

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  • Benefits
  • Universal Credit

• Help with health costs

  Help with the costs of prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses and contact lenses, travel to hospital costs and wigs and fabric supports.

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  • Health
  • Help with health costs

• Paying council tax

  Information on council tax including valuation bands, how to pay, arrears and the appeals system.

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  • Housing
  • Council tax

• Selling a home

  Information on the process of selling a house including estate agents, the use of solicitors, exchange of contract and completion.

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  • Housing
  • Moving and improving your home