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• Dealing with rent arrears

  Check you’re responsible for paying rent arrears, find a way of affordably repaying them and make sure you're getting all the help you're entitled

• Disputing paying back a working or child tax credits overpayment

  What to do if your tax credits are overpaid and you disagree about paying the money back

• Debt has increased since debt management plan

  Explains what to do if your overall debt increases even though a debt management plan is in place, including asking for interest to be frozen, increasing payments and considering alternative debt solutions

• Deciding if you should apply for SMI

  What to think about before you apply for support for mortgage interest (SMI) if you get benefits

• Moving to Universal Credit if you've got a migration notice

  You’ll have to move to Universal Credit when you get a letter from the DWP - this is a 'migration notice'. Your existing benefit will stop. Claim Universal Credit to keep getting financial support

• Switching if you owe your energy supplier money

  Check if you can switch energy suppliers if you owe your current gas or electricity supplier money and what you can do if your supplier won't let you switch

• Stop your energy supplier moving you to prepayment

  If you owe money to your energy supplier, they might want to install a prepayment meter. Here are the situations where you can stop them doing

• If you're owed child maintenance

  Find out what you can do if you're not getting the child maintenance payments you're owed