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• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account.

• How to read your smart gas meter

  Find out how to get a reading from your smart gas meter or your meter's in-home display

• Find an approved garage

  Find UK Garages approved by the Motor Industry Code of Practice for Service and Repair

• How volunteering affects your benefits - overview

  Check the rules about volunteering for the benefit you claim to make sure your benefits aren't affected. Read our advice about volunteering while on benefits

• Getting tax advice

  Check where you can get help with a tax problem. If you need help with tax, you can get advice from tax charities, TaxAid and Tax Help for Older People.

• Stopping bailiffs if you don't owe the debt

  Check how to stop bailiffs visiting you if you don’t owe a debt, find out how to prove you don’t owe the debt and how to complain if the bailiffs still say you owe the money

• Find out who your gas or electricity supplier is

  Who to contact to find your energy supplier or Meter Point Reference Number

• Making a will

  Information about making a will and how to change or end a will. How to protect your will against being challenged

• Buying a home

  Get information on the process of buying a house. Check how to get a mortgage, how to make an offer and what to consider if you’re buying with others

• Extra money and help PIP entitles you to

  Find out what extra help you can get for Council Tax, Road Tax bills or travel support such as a Blue Badge when you claim Personal Independence Allowance (PIP).