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• Before you get work done on your home

  Check how to comply with permissions and regulations, avoid building disputes and problems with home improvements, renovations and repairs

• If you get a ‘section 8’ eviction notice

  Know when your landlord can give you a section 8 notice, check your section 8 notice is valid and find out what to do if it's not valid

• Getting visas for your partner and children to live in the UK

  Check who can apply for partner and child visas, including the rules about your income

• Getting help with home improvements

  Check the types of grants and loans you can get to make improvements in your home - including the disabled facilities grant

• 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

• Using mediation to help you separate

  Mediation is a cost-effective way of sorting any differences you have with your ex-partner when you separate. Find out more about mediation

• Finish and send the work capability form for Universal Credit

  If you can't work because you're sick or disabled, find out how to fill in the last section of the form and what to do after you send it back

• Guidelines for using the letter templates

  Guide on using sample letters to creditors. We've created a set of letter templates which you can use to write to your non-priority creditors

• Complaining about your landlord's failure to make repairs if you are a social housing tenant

  Complaining about your landlord's failure to make repairs to your social housing landlord, councillor or an Ombudsman and what to include in your complaint

• After you've been dismissed

  Help with moving on and finding a new job after being dismissed, including benefits, getting a reference, and explaining your dismissal to a new employer