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• Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and help with housing

  Check if you’re allowed to claim public funds. Check what counts as public funds, and what else you might be able to claim

• Council tax

  Check how council tax works. Check if you can get a discount or exemption from council tax and how to apply.

• Getting a job or pay rise while on Universal Credit

  Find out what to do if you get a job or pay rise, when you can refuse a job offer and how a job or increased pay will affect your Universal Credit payment

• Maternity pay - what you're entitled to

  Find out whether you're entitled to statutory maternity pay, contractual maternity pay or Maternity Allowance

• How bailiffs should treat you if you're vulnerable

  Find out how bailiffs should treat you if you’re ‘vulnerable’ - including if you’re disabled, if you have a mental health problem or if you have young children

• Discrimination because of sex

  Updated 'see Sexual orientation discrimination' link from 'Check if you've experienced discrimination' to 'Discrimination because of sexual orientation'. Discrimination advice project: https://citizensadvice.atlassian.net/browse/CEA-5381

• Discrimination because of religion or belief

  Taking action about discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, explaining when it is unlawful or not unlawful and organisations which can help

• Using storage heaters and immersion heaters correctly

  Check how to use electric storage heaters and immersion heaters. Make sure you’re using your heaters correctly

• Get help if you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident

  Check what support is available if you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident - including if you don’t want to go to the police

• Extending your family visa

  You can usually apply to extend a family visa before it ends. Check if you can extend your family visa when it comes to an end