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• Deciding if you should apply for SMI

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

• Check your parental rights as an agency worker

  Find out if you can take time off or get paid when you're having or adopting a child

• Gathering evidence about housing discrimination

  Get the facts and evidence to help you take action about discrimination in housing

• Getting a bank account

  Information on how to get a bank account, types of account available and switching from one bank or building society to another

• Check if an IVA is right for you

  Check these steps to help you decide if an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) is the best way to deal with your debt problems

• How lenders decide whether to give you credit

  Information on credit scoring, credit rating, credit reference agencies and how they decide whether or not to give you credit

• If you get a ‘section 21’ eviction notice from a private landlord

  Check your section 21 notice is valid, find out what to do if it's not valid and make sure you know what to do before you need to leave your home

• Your notice period during dismissal

  Check your notice period and notice pay, including statutory notice, contractual notice, garden leave and pay in lieu of notice. Know how to claim wrongful dismissal if you aren't paid fully