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• You think you're being accused of benefit fraud

  What to do if you’re worried you’re being investigated for benefit fraud.

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax’.

• How an extra bedroom affects your Housing Benefit

  Find out how an extra bedroom affects your housing benefit. Check if your room counts as an extra room and if you're allowed an extra bedroom.

• The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Check if you’ve actually been overpaid Housing Benefit and find out how to challenge a overpayment.

• If you’ve been invited to an interview under caution for benefit fraud

  What to do if you’re asked to an interview under caution because you’re being investigated for benefit fraud.

• Check how much Housing Benefit you can get

  Find out how much housing benefit you can get. You might be able to get all your rent paid or just some of it depending on your circumstances.

• Who can accompany you to a disciplinary meeting

  What to do if you want someone to come with you to a disciplinary meeting, what they can do and what to do if your employer refuses to let you bring anyone with you

• If you have to go to a disciplinary meeting

  Find out what a disciplinary meeting is, why your employer has asked you to go to one, how to prepare, what will happen and what the possible outcomes