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• Arranging financial support after you separate

  If you're married or in a civil partnership, you can apply for financial support (‘spousal maintenance’) from your ex when you separate. Find out more about what you can get or need to pay

• Check what benefits you can get

  Get a quick idea of the benefits you can claim, including disability benefits and links to benefit calculators

• 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

• When can a public authority interfere with your human rights?

  Explains when a public authority can interfere with your human rights, to protect the rights of other people, or the interests of the wider community

• Deciding what to do when you separate

  What you need to do when you separate from your partner including how to reach an agreement about your children and money, belongings and the family home

• If you think you’ve been charged too much for your energy

  Do you think you've been overcharged for gas or electricity? Reasons why your energy bill amount might be higher than normal and what you can do about

• If you want your lodger to move out

  Landlords of lodgers have responsibilities. Check what you should be doing when you have a problem or are looking to end your agreement

• If your post or parcel has been lost, damaged or delayed

  Check if you can get compensation and how to make a complaint. Find out what to do if an important document was lost in the post or if your parcel was stolen

• How to claim Child Benefit

  Check how to claim Child Benefit and what documents you’ll need. Find out how and when you’ll get paid

• Your right to respect for private and family life

  Explains how the right to respect for your family and private life is protected by article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and when a public authority may be breach the article