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• Credit rating - impact of debt relief order

  Explains that a debt relief order must be noted in your credit reference file and how it affects your credit rating, making it hard to get credit in future

• Get ready for your Pension Wise appointment

  What you need to do to make the most of your Pension Wise guidance appointment at Citizens Advice

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax

• Collecting information about your debts

  Collect information about your debts and check how to contact your creditor

• If you're being harassed or bullied at work

  Find out if you can take action about bullying or harassment from someone at work

• If there's flooding in your rented home

  Information on dealing with flooding if you're a tenant, including emergency relocation, paying the rent and temporary homelessness

• If your ex-partner has left your home

  Find out your rights to stay in your home if your ex has left - and what to do if they try to come back

• Check the costs of starting to rent from a private landlord

  Check what payments you need to make before you start renting. Get help if you can't pay a tenancy deposit or rent in advance

• Check your rights as a lodger

  Find out what rights you have if you're a lodger. You can also check what support you can get if you need help with housing

• Making a claim on your insurance policy

  Deciding whether to make an insurance claim, how to make a claim and what to do if someone claims against you