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• If you were misled or pressured into buying something you didn’t want

  You have the legal right to a refund if you feel you were unfairly pressured or misled into buying a product or service

• Get a hardship payment if you've been sanctioned

  If you've been sanctioned, you might be able to get some emergency money to help you cover household expenses. This is called a hardship payment

• Check how bankruptcy affects your money and bills

  Find out what happens to your bank account when you’re bankrupt, how your bills might change and if you can keep money like your savings or pension

• If you think your ESA decision is wrong - mandatory reconsideration

  How to challenge a decision about your ESA, what is mandatory reconsideration, what to put in your letter, what to do if you miss the deadline, how to appeal

• 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

• 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

• Arranging financial support after you separate

  If you're married or in a civil partnership, you can apply for financial support (‘spousal maintenance’) from your ex when you separate. Find out more about what you can get or need to pay

• Challenging an eviction with discrimination law

  Find out how you can defend your eviction by telling the court about discrimination from your landlord

• If you're owed child maintenance

  Find out what you can do if you're not getting the child maintenance payments you're owed

• 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