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• Your energy supply

  Get advice if you're having problems with your gas or electricity supply

• How to get a debt management plan

  Things to think about before you set up a debt management plan. Read about the steps you should follow to get a debt management plan

• Check your options for getting out of debt

  Find out what help is available if you’re struggling to pay your debts, including breathing space, debt management plans, administration orders, IVAs, DROs and bankruptcy

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• Check if your previous energy supplier owes you money

  How to check if your previous energy supplier owes you money, how to claim owed money back, what to do if your supplier won't pay you what they owe you

• Check if the Benefit Cap will affect your Housing Benefit

  Check how much the benefit cap is and whether it will affect your housing benefit. The cap is a limit to the total amount of money you can get

• Work out which debts to deal with first

  Check which of your debts are ‘priority debts’ that you should deal with first

• Getting help from social services if you're homeless

  Check if you can get help from social services and what help they can give. Check how to apply for help and what you can do if they refuse

• Moving home – dealing with your energy supply

  What to tell your current supplier before you move, how to set up a new supply at your new property, where to get more help

• Preparing your paperwork - administration order

  Explains the paperwork relating to your debts and evidence of your financial circumstances that you need to gather, before applying to court for an administration order