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• 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

• Finding free or affordable legal help

  Find out how to get legal help if you're on a low income, including advice from a law centre or legal aid solicitor, and trial or tribunal representation by a pro bono barrister

• The costs and charges of credit cards

  Information about interest and other charges, which may be incurred when using your credit card, including charges when buying things abroad, or for missed payments

• If the council decide your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what your landlord has to do if the council have inspected your home and sent them a legal notice. If the council haven’t helped, find out how to complain

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Challenging an eviction with discrimination law

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

• 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