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• Check what happens if you win your employment tribunal case

  Find out what you can do if your employer won't pay compensation, if you have to pay tax on your compensation and if compensation will affect your benefits

• Help dealing with mortgage debts

  Different options which might be available to help clear your mortgage debt and pay back the money you owe to your lender

• Get help with costs if you have a child or you’re pregnant

  Check what help you can get with the cost of living. This might include extra benefits and grants, free childcare, help with school costs and the Healthy Start scheme

• Challenging what the CMS says you should pay

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed or you have special expenses

• Making a settlement agreement with your employer

  Find out how to settle a dispute with your employer without going to a tribunal by using a settlement agreement

• How volunteering affects your benefits - overview

  Check the rules about volunteering for the benefit you claim to make sure your benefits aren't affected. Read our advice about volunteering while on benefits

• Check if you can increase your income

  Check you’re getting all the money you’re entitled to - including benefits, grants from charities and payments from government schemes

• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  Information for same-sex and opposite-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance