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• Check what benefits you can get

  Get a quick idea of the benefits you can claim, including disability benefits and links to benefit calculators

• Is your home at risk if your partner is bankrupt?

  Explains what could happen to your home, if you own or rent it jointly with a partner who goes bankrupt

• If you need a guarantor to start renting

  Check what it means to have a guarantor for your rent. Check what their responsibilities are and when the guarantee agreement ends

• Work you can do while getting ESA

  While you’re getting Employment Support Allowance (ESA) you might be able to do some types of work. Check what work you can do while you’re getting ESA

• Accessing your bank account after going bankrupt

  Explains the options for your day-to-day banking needs after you go bankrupt, as your existing bank account will be frozen

• When can a public authority interfere with your human rights?

  Explains when a public authority can interfere with your human rights, to protect the rights of other people, or the interests of the wider community

• Rights while you're on maternity leave

  Check your legal rights on how your employer has to treat you when you're away from work on maternity leave

• Paying child maintenance through the CMS

  Find out when you have to pay child maintenance, how much you'll have to pay and how to pay

• Check if you’re protected from disability discrimination

  Understand how the Equality Act defines disability. The Equality Act is the law that stops employers, businesses and providers discriminating against you

• Appealing against a benefit decision

  Appealing to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a mandatory reconsideration decision made by the DWP or HMRC