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• Getting Universal Credit if you’re sick or disabled

  Check if you can apply for support if you can't work because you're sick or disabled. Universal Credit is available for people with sickness or disabilities

• 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

• How much PIP you can get and for how long

  Check the different rates of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), how long you can get it for and how often it is paid

• How to get sick pay

  What to tell your employer and when you should tell them if you're off sick, how sick pay is paid and doctor's note

• Check if your landlord can increase your rent

  Find out how to deal with a rent increase, find out how to negotiate to get a lower rent and check how you can challenge your rent increase

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• Appealing a parking ticket if you have a Blue Badge

  When it's worth appealing a parking ticket if you're a blue badge holder

• Your notice period during dismissal

  Check your notice period and notice pay, including statutory notice, contractual notice, garden leave and pay in lieu of notice. Know how to claim wrongful dismissal if you aren't paid fully