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• Discharge from bankruptcy

  Explains when and how you are discharged from bankruptcy, and what happens to your debts and belongings of value afterwards

• Choosing a debt management plan provider

  How to find a debt management plan provider, covering whether a debt management company is licenced and belongs to a trade association and checking the contract is correct

• Complaining about benefits services

  Complaining about benefits services. You should consider complaining if the people dealing with your benefits claim or issue have handled it badly

• Check the rules after you go bankrupt

  Find out what you can and can’t do when you go bankrupt. While you’re bankrupt, you have to follow certain rules. These rules are called 'restrictions

• Taking the first step if you need financial support

  If you need financial support, start by checking if you can get any benefits. You could get this financial help, even if you’re working or have savings

• If you have to go to a disciplinary meeting

  Find out what a disciplinary meeting is, why your employer has asked you to go to one, how to prepare, what will happen and what the possible outcomes

• Understanding your tenancy agreement

  Check what terms can be in your tenancy agreement. Check documents your landlord needs to give you and what counts as an unfair agreement

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance

• State Pension

  Check how much State Pension you can get and how many qualifying years you need to get the full amount

• Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

  The procedure that social housing tenants must follow if you decide to use your rent to pay for repairs and the risks of withholding rent when the landlord has not carried out repairs