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• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  Information for same-sex and opposite-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance

• Problems with Housing Benefit

  Information about problems with housing benefits. Get help if your benefit is stopped or reduced, challenging a decision and paying back an overpayment.

• Challenging benefit decisions

  Overview and content list for challenging benefit decisions. Get help challenging decisions by the DWP or HMRC and complaining about benefits services.

• Challenging a Housing Benefit decision

  How to appeal if you've been refused Housing Benefit or your payments have been reduced.

• Getting child maintenance

  Information about getting child maintenance. Get help applying for CMS, challenging what they think you should get and if you're owed money.

• Making child arrangements

  How to agree where your children live, who they live with and how often you'll see them after you've split up. This is also called making 'child arrangements'.

• Paying child maintenance

  Information about paying child maintenance. Find out more about paying through the CMS, challenging what they say you should pay and if you owe money.

• Reporting child abuse

  If you think someone is abusing a child, you should report it immediately. Find out what to do if you're concerned and how to report child abuse.

• Benefits

  Get advice on benefits, including what you're entitled to and how to claim.

• Check how much Universal Credit you'll get

  Work out how much Universal Credit you’ll get each month, including which elements you’re entitled to and how your income and savings affect your payment