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• If you’ve been invited to an interview under caution for benefit fraud

  What to do if you’re asked to an interview under caution because you’re being investigated for benefit fraud

• If a problem with National Insurance is affecting your benefits

  What to do if you can’t find your National Insurance number or if you think your National Insurance record is wrong and it’s affecting the benefits you can claim

• Gathering evidence about discrimination at work

  Get the facts and evidence to help you take action about discrimination at work

• Challenging benefit decisions

  Overview and content list for challenging benefit decisions. Get help challenging decisions by the DWP or HMRC and complaining about benefits services

• How to report repairs

  Reporting housing repairs to the landlord and what to do if the landlord does not carry out the repairs

• Domestic abuse

  Find out what what you can do when you're fleeing from violence in the home, including finding emergency accommodation

• If you get a ‘section 8’ eviction notice

  Know when your landlord can give you a section 8 notice, check your section 8 notice is valid and find out what to do if it's not valid

• Offsetting rent arrears because repairs haven't been done

  How rent arrears for social housing tenants can be offset against the damages for not making repairs if your landlord is taking possession proceedings against you because of rent arrears

• Challenging a decision by the DWP or HMRC

  Information about challenging a decision by the DWP or HMRC. Find out more about asking for mandatory reconsideration and appealing against a benefit decision

• Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

  The procedure that social housing tenants must follow if you decide to use your rent to pay for repairs and the risks of withholding rent when the landlord has not carried out repairs