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• 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

• How lenders decide whether to give you credit

  Information on credit scoring, credit rating, credit reference agencies and how they decide whether or not to give you credit

• Challenging a DLA decision - mandatory reconsideration

  You can challenge a decision on the DLA claim you made for your child. The first step is to ask DWP to review their decision - this is called ‘mandatory reconsideration

• Coronavirus - if you need to be off work to care for someone

  What to do if you have to be off work caring for someone whose care has stopped because of coronavirus (COVID-19). This might be because their school is closed or a carer can't come

• Check what you can get from an employment tribunal

  Find out what you can get from an employment tribunal if you win. Before you make a claim, it's worth calculating how much compensation you're likely to get

• If you have to go to a disciplinary meeting

  Find out what a disciplinary meeting is, why your employer has asked you to go to one, how to prepare, what will happen and what the possible outcomes

• Writing a witness statement for an employment tribunal

  Find out how to set out your case in your witness statement so a tribunal will understand what you're claiming and why

• Change of circumstances while you're getting Attendance Allowance

  You need to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as soon as possible if your condition changes - this can affect your Attendance Allowance

• Decide if prepayment is right for you

  Understand the advantages and disadvantages of a prepayment meter, and decide whether you want one

• How the DWP makes a decision on PIP claims

  How Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims are assessed by the Department for Work and Pensions, and information on the descriptors and scoring used