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• Sick or disabled people and carers

  Overview and content list for benefits help for sick or disabled people and carers. Get help and support on claiming benefits

• Find a trader and check you can trust them

  Finding a seller or tradesperson who will do a good job and treat you fairly

• Choosing and applying for a credit card

  Information on what to look out for when choosing and applying for a credit card

• How much PIP you can get and for how long

  Check the different rates of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), how long you can get it for and how often it is paid

• Hire purchase and conditional sale

  Information about how hire purchase and conditional sale agreements work, the right to end a hire purchase agreement and what happens if the buyer is unable to pay

• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

  Check if you can claim Employment and Support Allowance and how to deal with problems

• Disability discrimination and benefits

  What counts as disability discrimination by benefit providers. Benefit providers must not discriminate against you when making decisions about your benefits

• Children, young people and parenting

  Overview and content list for children and young people. Find out about child maintenance, protecting children and local council support

• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account

• Q7 - communicating (hearing and reading)

  Help to fill in Q7: communicating (hearing and reading) for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question