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• Council Tax Reduction - if you’re temporarily away from home

  Continuing to claim Council Tax Reduction (CTR) during a temporary absence from home.

  • In:
  • Benefits
  • Help on a low income
  • Help with your Council Tax - Council Tax Reduction
  • Change of circumstance

• Can your debt relief order be stopped?

  Explains the circumstances in which the Official Receiver can stop (revoke) your debt relief order and how to challenge their decision.

  • In:
  • Debt and money
  • Debt solutions
  • Debt relief orders
  • While a debt relief order is in place

• Belongings - impact of bankruptcy

  Explains what will happen to your belongings, including clothes, furniture, jewellery and vehicles, if you choose to go bankrupt.

  • In:
  • Debt and money
  • Debt solutions
  • Bankruptcy
  • Is bankruptcy right for you?

• Change of circumstances while you're getting Attendance Allowance

  You need to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as soon as possible if your condition changes - this can affect your Attendance Allowance.

  • In:
  • Benefits
  • Sick or disabled people and carers
  • Attendance Allowance

• Staying in the UK on a visa without your partner

  If you’re in the UK as a dependant on your partner’s visa, you’ll need to check your eligibility to stay in the UK and apply for a new visa if you can. If you’re not eligible to stay in the UK you might have to leave.

  • In:
  • Immigration

• Bankruptcy restrictions orders

  Explains what a bankruptcy restrictions order is, and when the Insolvency Service may apply one, if it thinks you have committed a bankruptcy offence.

  • In:
  • Debt and money
  • Debt solutions
  • Bankruptcy

• Is your home at risk if your partner is bankrupt?

  Explains what could happen to your home, if you own or rent it jointly with a partner who goes bankrupt.

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  • Debt and money
  • Debt solutions
  • Bankruptcy
  • Partners and bankruptcy

• Council Tax Reduction - non-dependant deductions for pensioners

  Who is a non-dependant and when a non-dependant deduction is made for Council Tax Reduction (CTR).

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  • Benefits
  • Help on a low income
  • Help with your Council Tax - Council Tax Reduction
  • How your Council Tax Reduction is worked out

• Discrimination in health services - who's treating you unfairly?

  Explains which organisations and their staff are not allowed, by law, to discriminate against you when providing you with healthcare services.

  • In:
  • Health
  • Discrimination in health and care services
  • Identifying discrimination

• Getting help and compensation if you were abused as a child

  What you can do if you were abused as a child including getting support, reporting the abuse to the police, checking records and claiming compensation.

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  • Family
  • Children and young people
  • Protecting children