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• Get help with costs if you have a child or you’re pregnant

  Check what help you can get with the cost of living. This might include extra benefits and grants, free childcare, help with school costs and the Healthy Start scheme

• Getting help for your child from your local council

  What support is available for you and your family - including extra help if your child is a ‘child in need’.

• Challenging a Child Benefit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  Ask HMRC to re-think their decision about your Child Benefit. How and when to ask for mandatory reconsideration.

• Check if you can take time off work

  Check your right to time off work, including paid and unpaid leave. You have the right to take time off work in certain circumstances, your 'statutory rights'.

• Going to court if your landlord won't do repairs

  Find out when it can be worth taking your landlord to court to get repairs done, find out how to fill in the court form and make sure you know what to say at the hearing.

• Template letters to creditors

  Overview and content list for template letters to creditors. Use our list of template letters to find the one that's most appropriate for your needs.

• Getting paid less than minimum wage or living wage

  Check if you're entitled to the minimum wage or living wage, make sure you're getting it, and what to do if you're

• Reporting changes that affect your PIP

  Changes you need to report that might affect your Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim and how to report them.

• Debt management plans

  Overview and content list for debt management plans. Read our advice about getting a debt management plan, while one is in place and making a complaint

• Cancelling building or decorating work

  When you can cancel building or decorating work, how to cancel, when you're entitled to your money back, how to negotiate with the trader or company.