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• How to apply for Universal Credit

  Find out how to apply for Universal Credit online. Find out more about the questions you need to answer, your ‘to-do list’ and the next steps

• 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

• Complain about a local council's involvement with your family

  Find out how to complain about your local council if they've been involved with your family

• Check you’re in the right Universal Credit work-related activity group

  There are 4 work-related activity groups for Universal Credit. Check you’re in the right group, and what to do if you think you're in the wrong one

• Check if your family members can get pre-settled status or settled status

  Find out if your family can come and live in the UK. Check if they need to get a family permit or pre-settled or settled status first

• Getting visas for your partner and children to live in the UK

  Check who can apply for partner and child visas, including the rules about your income

• Education

  Get advice on issues about education. Overview of discrimination in education, sorting out school problems and help with school costs.

• Court orders to protect children

  Check the different types of court order social services can apply for if they think your child is at risk

• Complaining about the Child Maintenance Service

  Find out what you can do if you want to make a complaint about the way the CMS has dealt with you

• Living together and marriage - legal differences

  Differences between how the law treats married and cohabiting couples including financial matters, responsibility for children and housing