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• How to claim Housing Benefit

  How to claim Housing Benefit, including if you can backdate your claim. How to claim a Discretionary Housing Payment too

• Managing affairs for someone else

  Information on managing someone’s affairs including ordinary, lasting and enduring power of attorney, and mental capacity

• Paying for sewerage

  What you are paying for when you pay public sewerage charges including water drainage, surface water drainage, highway drainage and land drainage

• How to claim Pension Credit

  Check the best way to apply for Pension Credit. Check what extra help you can get if you're eligible

• Do you need to pay for a debt management plan?

  Advantages and disadvantages of choosing a fee-charging debt management plan provider over on that offers a free service

• Work out which debts to deal with first

  Check which of your debts are ‘priority debts’ that you should deal with first

• Check if your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what type of repairs your landlord is responsible for making in your home. You can also check what things you’ll need to fix yourself

• Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit

  Check if you're working more than the legal limit of 48 hours a week. Find out what you can do if your employer is asking you to work over the limit