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• The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Check if you’ve actually been overpaid Housing Benefit and find out how to challenge a overpayment

• 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

• Benefits

  Get advice on benefits, including what you're entitled to and how to claim

• Check if a change affects your Pension Credit

  Find out what changes of circumstances you have to report to make sure you get the right amount of Pension Credit

• Your right to life

  Explains how the right to life is protected by article 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and when the article may be breached

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax

• If the DWP says you've had an Income Support overpayment

  How to check if you’ve actually been overpaid by the DWP and how to challenge an Income Support overpayment

• Discrimination because of sex

  Updated 'see Sexual orientation discrimination' link from 'Check if you've experienced discrimination' to 'Discrimination because of sexual orientation'. Discrimination advice project: https://citizensadvice.atlassian.net/browse/CEA-5381