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• Going to your Universal Credit interview and getting a decision

  Find out what happens at your Jobcentre Universal Credit interview, including what to bring and what to do if you have any problems

• Domestic abuse

  Find out what you can do when you're fleeing from violence in the home, including finding emergency accommodation

• Cancelling building or decorating work

  When you can cancel building or decorating work, how to cancel, when you're entitled to your money back, how to negotiate with the trader or company

• Preparing to apply for pre-settled and settled status

  Find out what you need for your settled status application. Check which documents you might need before you apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Find out what to do if you think you have a criminal record

• Is your home at risk if your partner is bankrupt?

  Explains what could happen to your home, if you own or rent it jointly with a partner who goes bankrupt

• Get help with the cost of renting privately

  Check if you can get help to pay your rent or council tax. Check if you can get Universal Credit for housing costs or a council tax reduction

• If you used to get tax credits

  Check what you can do now tax credits have ended - for example, claiming other benefits, challenging a decision and making sure your final payment is correct

• 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