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• Staying in the UK as the parent of a child who lives here

  Check if you can apply for a parent visa, including the rules about your income

• If you can't pay your water bill

  What can happen when you owe your water company money and what you can do about it. Check what actions you can take

• 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

• Proving your right to live in the UK with the Windrush scheme

  Find out how to prove your right to live in the UK if you arrived before 1989 or your parents arrived before 1973

• Dealing with your energy supply when you move business premises

  Steps to take when moving in or out of business premises. Proof of change of tenancy documents required

• Check if you're eligible for Universal Credit

  Check if you can get Universal Credit, a benefit you can claim if you're on a low income or unemployed. Read our advice to check if you're eligible

• Work out how much compensation you could get for discrimination

  Find out how much compensation you could get for a discrimination claim and how a court will calculate

• Check if you’re allowed an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out if you can get Housing Benefit for another room in your council home because you have a disability or someone is away from home

• If you have nowhere to stay tonight

  Check how to get somewhere to stay if you have nowhere to stay tonight. Check how to get into a night shelter, hostel or refuge

• Information your debt management plan provider must give you

  Explains what to do if a debt management plan provider has not given you all the information you are entitled to when choosing or signing up for a debt management plan