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• Check the costs of starting to rent from a private landlord

  Check what payments you need to make before you start renting. Get help if you can't pay a tenancy deposit or rent in advance

• Check how much redundancy pay you can get

  Find out if you can get redundancy pay, and check what contractual or statutory redundancy payments you'll get

• The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Check if you’ve actually been overpaid Housing Benefit and find out how to challenge a overpayment

• Check if your employer's dismissal process is unfair

  Make sure your employer has a fair dismissal process and follows the Acas code of practice - and know when to challenge them if they don't

• Parental bereavement pay - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  Find out if you're entitled to parental bereavement pay, and how to arrange it with your employer

• Check what compensation you can get for unfair dismissal

  Find out how to work out your basic and compensatory awards, when your compensation could be increased or decreased, if you need to repay any welfare benefits

• 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

• Getting a visa for your adult family member to join you in the UK

  Check who can apply for a visa as an adult dependant, including the rules about your income

• Your options if your employer offers you another job

  Know when you can refuse an alternative job and take your redundancy pay instead. Make the most of your right to try out an alternative job for up to 4 weeks.

• Medical evidence

  Find out how to get and submit medical evidence with your ESA50 form. This helps give the DWP an idea of how your condition affects your ability to work.