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• How to claim PIP

  How to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the basic information you'll need to have to hand when you start your claim

• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  Check what kind of accommodation the council is offering. Check if it's suitable for you to live in, and what you can do if it isn't suitable

• Income Support - how much you can get

  Find out how much Income Support you could get, including additional payments for housing costs

• Accidents and illness when travelling independently

  What you should do if you’re an independent traveller and you fall ill or have an accident while you’re on holiday abroad

• Get help if you're being evicted

  Check what help you can get if you’re given a ‘section 21’ or ‘section 8’ eviction notice. Check if you can get money to help you find somewhere to live

• Creditors still contacting you - debt relief orders

  Explains what to do if you are being chased for a debt covered by your debt relief order and the situations in which creditors are still allowed to contact you while the order is in place

• Getting your broken boiler repaired or replaced

  Check whether you need to get your broken boiler repaired or replaced. Check if you can fix the problem yourself or what financial help is available for a new boiler

• Work out how much compensation you could get for discrimination

  To work out how much you can ask for, you need to consider what a tribunal can order your employer to pay you if you win your discrimination claim

• What is an administration order

  Explains what an administration order is, how to apply, how repayments work, whether part of your debt can be written off and what happens afterwards

• Payday loans - reasons to complain about your lender

  What you can complain about if your payday lender doesn’t follow the Good Practice Customer Charter rules