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• How to apply for Universal Credit

  Find out how to apply for Universal Credit online. Find out more about the questions you need to answer, your ‘to-do list’ and the next steps.

• Getting British citizenship for children

  Check if your child can become a British citizen if they were born in the UK, have a British parent, migrated to the UK or are eligible another way.

• If you're being evicted as a lodger

  Check how much notice your landlord has to give you to move out and what other rules they must follow.

• 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'.

• If you're working too many hours

  Check how many hours your employer can ask you to work and if you have to do overtime. Check how you can ask to reduce your hours.

• How to apply for an IVA

  Find out how to apply for an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA). Before you start, make sure an IVA is the right debt solution for you

• Help dealing with mortgage debts

  Different options which might be available to help clear your mortgage debt and pay back the money you owe to your lender.

• If you get a ‘section 21’ eviction notice

  Check your section 21 notice is valid, find out what to do if it's not valid and make sure you know what to do before you need to leave your home.

• Getting a smart meter installed

  What smart meters are, when you can get one installed, whether you can refuse a smart meter, smart meter specifications and how to save money with a smart meter

• Challenging a rent increase

  Find out if you can challenge your section 13 rent increase for free at a tribunal and check what evidence you need to send with your application.