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• How to report repairs

  Reporting housing repairs to the landlord and what to do if the landlord does not carry out the repairs

• Your notice period during redundancy

  Find out what notice pay you get and how long your contractual or statutory notice period should be, including if you get garden leave or pay in lieu of notice

• Getting a smart meter installed

  What smart meters are, when you can get one installed, whether you can refuse a smart meter, smart meter specifications and how to save money with a smart meter

• Rights while you're pregnant at work

  Check your legal rights on how your employer has to treat you when you're pregnant at work

• 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

• Check your employer has followed the right redundancy process

  Check if your employer followed their procedures and consulted you properly

• Fill in the work capability form: how your conditions affect you

  Find out what to do before you fill in the UC50 form, so you can give the information you need when you begin to fill in the form

• Problems getting insurance

  Why insurers might not offer you insurance and what to do if you are having problems with getting insurance

• Getting repairs done if you're renting privately

  Check what repairs you and your landlord are responsible for, find out how to tell your landlord about repairs and know how to take action if your landlord won’t do them

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax