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• Get a Universal Credit advance payment

  How to get an advance payment of Universal Credit if you don't have enough money to get by while you're waiting for your first Universal Credit payment

• If your mortgage lender takes you to court

  What to do if you get court papers, including how to fill in your defence form and what will happen at court.

• How income, debts and belongings are assessed for a debt relief order

  Explains how an adviser assesses the value of your debts, income and belongings during the debt relief order application process

• If you used to get tax credits

  Check what you can do now tax credits have ended. For example, claiming other benefits, challenging a decision and making sure your final payment is correct

• Contact the consumer service for energy problems

  Contact Citizens Advice consumer service for energy problems. By phone, online chat or online form we can help you with your worries about energy bills or energy supply.

• 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

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  Information on the role of the executor or administrator in dealing with the estate of a deceased person

• Administration order court hearing

  Explains why you might have to attend a court hearing in the process of applying for an application order and what happens at the hearing

• Get help with scams

  Find out how to contact our Scams Action service for advice about online scams.

• Check how much Housing Benefit you can get

  Find out how much housing benefit you can get. You might be able to get all your rent paid or just some of it depending on your circumstances