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• Get help with the cost of living

  Check what extra help you could get if you're struggling with the cost of living - including the Cost of Living Payment scheme.

• If your Housing Benefit is stopped or reduced

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

• Dealing with rent arrears

  Check you’re responsible for paying rent arrears, find a way of affordably repaying them and make sure you're getting all the help you're entitled to.

• Extra money and help PIP entitles you to

  Find out what extra help you can get for Council Tax, Road Tax bills or travel support such as a Blue Badge when you claim Personal Independence Allowance (PIP).

• If you’ve been invited to an interview under caution for benefit fraud

  What to do if you’re asked to an interview under caution because you’re being investigated for benefit fraud.

• Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Find out the different ways you can pay back a Housing Benefit overpayment, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay anything at all.

• Check how much Housing Benefit you can get

  Find out how much housing benefit you can get. You might be able to get all your rent paid or just some of it depending on your circumstances.

• Check if you can increase your income

  Check you’re getting all the money you’re entitled to - including benefits, grants from charities and the Household Support Fund scheme.

• Appealing a Housing Benefit decision at a tribunal

  How to appeal if your local council won’t change a decision about your Housing Benefit.

• After you get refugee status

  Finding new housing and applying for benefits after you get refugee status.