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• Maternity leave - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  Check your right to time off work when you have a baby. Find out how to arrange time off with your employer

• Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Find out the different ways you can pay back a Housing Benefit overpayment, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay anything at all.

• If you're being evicted as a lodger

  Check how much notice your landlord has to give you to move out and what other rules they must follow

• Check if you’re responsible for paying an energy bill

  Find out if you’re responsible for paying an energy bill. You usually have to pay for any gas or electricity you’ve used even if you haven’t signed a contract

• Getting Universal Credit if you’re sick or disabled

  Check if you can apply for support if you can't work because you're sick or disabled. Universal Credit is available for people with sickness or disabilities.

• Save money heating your home

  Check if you can save money on your energy bills by adjusting your central heating. Check how to heat your home in a more energy efficient way.

• Challenging an Attendance Allowance decision - mandatory reconsideration

  You can challenge your Attendance Allowance decision if you think the decision is wrong. Read our guidance and tips on asking for mandatory reconsideration.

• 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.

• The Human Rights Act 1998

  Explains what the Human Rights Act 1998 is and how it protects the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights

• Challenging an Attendance Allowance decision - appealing the decision

  How to appeal an Attendance Allowance decision that you think is wrong. Guidance and tips on appealing to a tribunal