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• 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

• Must public authorities always comply with the public sector equality duty?

  Find out when public authorities don't have to comply with the public sector equality duty, covering judicial and immigration functions and age exceptions

• Deciding what to do when you separate

  What you need to do when you separate from your partner including how to reach an agreement about your children and money, belongings and the family home.

• If you want your lodger to move out

  Landlords of lodgers have responsibilities. Check what you should be doing when you have a problem or are looking to end your agreement.

• Harassment by creditors

  How creditors are supposed to behave when they are trying to recover their money, what kind of behaviour is not acceptable and how to tell if you are being harassed.

• If your Housing Benefit is stopped or reduced

  Find out why your Housing Benefit payments have changed and what you can do about it.

• Check if your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what type of repairs your landlord is responsible for making in your home. You can also check what things you’ll need to fix yourself.

• Sorting out school problems

  Find out how to sort out difficulties with your child’s education, including how to complain if a problem at their school isn’t resolved

• If you’re injured because of an accident at work

  What to do if you’re injured because of an accident at work. You can have your accident recorded by reporting it at work and seeing a doctor.

• Ways to end your marriage or civil partnership

  Find out how to end your marriage or civil partnership. Divorce or dissolution is the best, permanent way. But you might want a legal separation or annulment.