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• How to claim Attendance Allowance

  You can claim Attendance Allowance to help you stay independent for longer if you have an illness or disability. The money can be spent on anything.

• Challenging an Attendance Allowance decision - appealing the decision

  How to appeal an Attendance Allowance decision that you think is wrong. Guidance and tips on appealing to a tribunal

• Dealing with a letter saying bailiffs will visit

  Find out how to stop bailiffs visiting, find out what you can do if the bailiffs haven’t given you correct information. Learn how to deal with your debt.

• If you're owed child maintenance

  Find out what you can do if you're not getting the child maintenance payments you're owed

• If you disagree with your neighbour about a wall or fence

  Check what to do if you’re arguing about boundaries. Check what happens if you can’t agree about a wall or fence that’s causing problems

• If your child is living in the UK illegally

  How to get your child a legal immigration status, such as British citizenship or ‘discretionary leave to remain’, if they are under 18 and living in the UK illegally

• Paying a court fine

  What happens if you don’t pay a court fine in time, including how to ask for more time to pay, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay

• Female genital mutilation (FGM)

  Female genital mutilation (FGM) is sometimes called 'female genital cutting' or 'female circumcision'. It's a criminal offence in the UK to carry out FGM

• Getting help and compensation if you were abused as a child

  What you can do if you were abused as a child including getting support, reporting the abuse to the police, checking records and claiming compensation.

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance.