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• If your ex-partner is trying to make you leave

  Find out your rights if you and your partner split up and they try to throw you out of your home

• Extra benefits and help you can get while on Attendance Allowance

  Guide to extra benefits and help you can get whilst getting Attendance Allowance

• Your right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman way

  Explains how article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects you from torture or inhuman treatment, which causes you severe mental or physical suffering

• Credit Union loans

  Information about credit unions, how credit union loans work and how to find a local provider

• If your flat isn't fire safe

  Find out what to do if your landlord asks you to move out after a fire safety check

• Check if you can pay less council tax

  Find out if you can get a discount on your council tax. If you’re on a low income, check if you can apply for Council Tax Reduction

• If you’ve been told your energy supply will be disconnected

  What should happen before you're disconnected, circumstances in which you shouldn't be disconnected, the disconnection process, where to get more advice and support.

• When you don’t need vehicle insurance

  There are some situations where you don't need to have motor insurance. Read this page for information on circumstances where motor insurance isn't required.

• Cancelling your debt management plan

  Reasons why you might want to cancel your debt management plan and things to consider before doing so, including how you will deal with your debts instead and whether you will get a refund of fees

• 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