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• 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

• Accidents and illness when travelling independently

  What you should do if you’re an independent traveller and you fall ill or have an accident while you’re on holiday abroad

• Reporting changes that affect your PIP

  Changes you need to report that might affect your Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim and how to report them

• Reporting changes if you get Council Tax Reduction

  If you’re getting Council Tax Reduction, check what type of changes you need to tell your council about. Check what happens if you don’t

• Check if a financial service has followed the rules

  Check what rules financial services need to follow, including banks, mortgage lenders and creditors, and how you can complain

• Check if you can take time off work

  Check your right to time off work, including paid and unpaid leave. You have the right to take time off work in certain circumstances, your 'statutory rights

• 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

• Challenging a benefit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  Check what you can do if you disagree with a benefit decision made by the DWP or HMRC

• Check what child maintenance arrangement is right for you

  Find out about the different ways to arrange child maintenance and how to choose the best one for you

• Who's breaching your human rights?

  Explains how the Human Rights Act 1988 protects you from a public authority, or private organisation carrying out a public function