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

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

• Payday loans - reasons to complain about your lender

  What you can complain about if your payday lender doesn’t follow the Good Practice Customer Charter rules

• Cancel something you bought on hire purchase

  Returning something you bought on hire purchase or conditional sale. How to cancel the agreement and what you’ll owe

• Student housing - your behaviour in halls

  Explains how students can be sanctioned if they misbehave or have rent arrears when living in university halls of residence. Sanctions can include withholding qualifications, preventing students progressing in their course and eviction

• Check what benefits to claim if you’re sick or disabled

  Find out what benefits you should claim if you're sick or disabled. There are a few options and you should apply for the one that suits your circumstances best.

• Check if a change affects your Universal Credit

  Check what change of circumstances you need to report and how they’ll affect your Universal Credit. This includes changes to your work, money or family life.

• Child Benefit

  Find out if you're eligible for Child Benefit. Check how changes in your circumstances will affect your claim and what to do if you want to appeal a decision.

• Avoiding creditors making you bankrupt

  Lists actions you can take to avoid being made bankrupt by someone you owe money

• Problems getting insurance

  Why insurers might not offer you insurance and what to do if you are having problems with getting insurance

• 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