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• Appealing a JSA decision at a tribunal

  How to appeal against a JSA decision by appealing to an independent tribunal. Check what your options are if your mandatory reconsideration has been refused

• How a creditor can get information about your finances

  Information on what an order to obtain information is and what happens if a creditor obtains one to force you to reveal your financial situation

• Creditor takes money from your bank account

  Information on third party debt orders to take money owed to you to pay creditors, how they affect your bank account and what to do if a frozen bank account leads to hardship

• Deciding what to do about housing discrimination

  Find out what you can do to solve your problem and get everything ready before you take action

• Rights while you're pregnant at work

  Check your legal rights on how your employer has to treat you when you're pregnant at work

• Carer's Allowance

  Carer’s Allowance is a benefit for people who are giving regular and substantial care to disabled people. Check if you're eligible and how to make a claim

• Move your gas or electricity meter

  What to do if you need your gas or electricity meter moving. Find out when you can move your meter, who can do it and what it could cost

• 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

• Can your debt relief order be stopped?

  Explains the circumstances in which the Official Receiver can stop (revoke) your debt relief order and how to challenge their decision

• The Human Rights Act 1998

  Explains what the Human Rights Act 1998 is and how it protects the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights