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• How to appeal against a Universal Credit decision at a tribunal

  How to appeal against a Universal Credit decision at an independent tribunal, including how to fill in the form and what to do if you've missed the deadline

• Paying back an Income Support overpayment

  Find out the different ways you can pay back an Income Support overpayment, including in instalments.

• Complaints about banks and building societies

  How to make a complaint about your bank or building society and the standard of service

• Getting paid if your employer goes out of business or disappears

  Check if your employer has officially shut down. Find out how to apply for money you’re owed

• Work out which debts to deal with first

  Check which of your debts are ‘priority debts’ that you should deal with first

• Getting a lodger

  What to think about before taking in a lodger and becoming a resident landlord

• Help dealing with mortgage debts

  Different options which might be available to help clear your mortgage debt and pay back the money you owe to your lender

• Registering a civil partnership

  Information on how to register a civil partnership covering who can register, the cost of registering and special rules for sick and disabled people and people from abroad.

• Discrimination because of sexual orientation

  Taking action about discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, explaining when it is unlawful or not unlawful and organisations which can help.

• You are taken to court for rent arrears

  Information about the procedure a landlord must follow in order to take a tenant to court for rent arrears, special rules for social housing landlords, notice periods, what happens and a court hearing and the type of orders a judge can make.