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• 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

• Reducing your regular outgoings

  Find out how to save on household, energy and water bills, your TV licence and travel costs

• Mail order catalogues

  Information about buying things from a catalogue and being an agent for a catalogue company

• Choosing a debt management plan provider

  How to find a debt management plan provider, covering whether a debt management company is licenced and belongs to a trade association and checking the contract is correct

• Critical illness insurance

  Information on critical illness insurance, what it covers, factors to consider before taking out critical illness insurance and how to buy an insurance policy

• Cold called by a debt management plan provider

  How to complain if you are cold-called by a debt management company - uninvited contact by phone, text, email or in person at your door

• While you're on Universal Credit

  Overview and content list for while you're on Universal Credit. Check how much you can get, reporting self-employed earnings and getting a budgeting advance

• Getting on the waiting list for a council home

  Check if you can get on the waiting list and how to fill in your application. Check what happens when you're on the list

• Challenging a homeless decision

  Check if you can ask the council to review their decision. Check how to ask them for a review and what you can do if they don’t change the decision

• How to claim Housing Benefit

  How to claim Housing Benefit, including if you can backdate your claim. How to claim a Discretionary Housing Payment too