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• Check if your landlord can increase your rent

  Find out how to deal with a rent increase, find out how to negotiate to get a lower rent and check how you can challenge your rent increase.

• If your child is taken into care by your local council

  Where your child will live, how their needs will be met and what contact you can have with them while they’re in care.

• If your ex-partner has left your home

  Find out your rights to stay in your home if your ex has left - and what to do if they try to come back.

• 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

• If you're struggling with your overdraft

  Things you can do if you're struggling with your overdraft. Get advice on what to do if you're struggling to pay off your overdraft.

• Coronavirus - if you need to be off work to care for someone

  What to do if you have to be off work caring for someone whose care has stopped because of coronavirus (COVID-19). This might be because their school is closed or a carer can't come

• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  Check what kind of accommodation the council is offering. Check if it's suitable for you to live in, and what you can do if it isn't suitable

• How much PIP you can get and for how long

  Check the different rates of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), how long you can get it for and how often it is paid

• How to claim PIP

  How to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the basic information you'll need to have to hand when you start your claim.

• Asking for adjustments to help with your disability

  Find out what disability changes your landlord has to make and how to ask for them.