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• What to do if someone dies abroad

  Who to contact if someone dies abroad, registering the death and making funeral arrangements including covering the costs, and whether you can claim on travel insurance

• If your energy supplier has increased your direct debit payments

  Why your payments may go up, checking your payments are correct, agreeing new monthly payments

• Getting a Universal Credit budgeting advance

  Find out how to get a Universal Credit budgeting advance, a loan for emergency and one-off expenses. Who’s eligible, how much you'll get and how to apply

• Personal loans

  Information about secured and unsecured personal loans, how they work and how to compare different loan products

• Debt management plans - what you need to know

  Introduction to debt management plans, explaining what they are, how they work and who can get one

• Accessing your bank account after going bankrupt

  Explains the options for your day-to-day banking needs after you go bankrupt, as your existing bank account will be frozen

• Applying for an administration order

  Tells you the form to use to apply for an administration order, what paperwork you need to give to the court and how joint debts are treated

• Check what you have to do in the ESA work-related activity group

  Find out what you need to do if you’re in the work-related activity group

• You are taken to court for rent arrears

  Information about the procedure a landlord must follow in order to take a tenant to court for rent arrears, special rules for social housing landlords, notice periods, what happens and a court hearing and the type of orders a judge can make

• How to claim JSA

  Check which way you should apply for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and make sure you include all the right information