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• Check if you're eligible for Universal Credit

  Check if you can get Universal Credit, a benefit you can claim if you're on a low income or unemployed. Read our advice to check if you're eligible

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance

• Managing affairs for someone else

  Information on managing someone’s affairs including ordinary, lasting and enduring power of attorney, and mental capacity

• Asking your employer for changes to help you if you’re disabled

  Find out when your employer has a duty to make changes to help you with your disability

• Before you get work done on your home

  Check how to comply with permissions and regulations, avoid building disputes and problems with home improvements, renovations and repairs

• Domestic abuse

  Find out what you can do when you're fleeing from violence in the home, including finding emergency accommodation

• Step 1: Check it was because of a protected characteristic

  To check if you’ve been discriminated against under the Equality Act 2010, you can check if what you experienced was because of a protected characteristic

• Challenging a working or child tax credits decision - mandatory reconsideration

  How to challenge a tax credits decision with HMRC and applying for mandatory reconsideration

• Choosing your energy tariff

  Choosing the right energy tariff for your needs, including special tariffs for different energy meters and systems

• Using storage heaters and immersion heaters correctly

  Check how to use electric storage heaters and immersion heaters. Make sure you’re using your heaters correctly