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• Your energy supplier has put its prices up

  When your supplier is allowed to raise their prices, notice they should give you, what to do to avoid price rises

• How volunteering affects your benefits - overview

  Check the rules about volunteering for the benefit you claim to make sure your benefits aren't affected. Read our advice about volunteering while on benefits.

• After you get refugee status

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

• A business takes legal action against you to recover losses for theft

  What to do if you are accused of shoplifting, theft or negligence at work where the business is trying to recover compensation for alleged losses

• Starting a homeless application

  Find how to apply to the council for help if you’re homeless

• Your child arrangements aren't working

  Getting help and going to court if your child arrangements aren't working

• Problems with your business energy supplier or broker

  Complain to your business energy supplier or broker if you’re a small business or a microbusiness. Check if you can take your complaint to the Energy Ombudsman

• Check if you can get DLA for your child

  DLA isn’t just for children with physical disabilities - it’s also for behavioural and mental health conditions as well as learning disabilities and developmental delay

• Check if you can get Child Benefit

  Check if you’re eligible for Child Benefit, who should make the claim and how much you’ll get. Find out if you'll be affected by the high income tax charge

• Preparing to rent from a private landlord

  Find out how to decide whether to rent from a landlord or letting agent, how to search for a property and what questions you should ask before you rent a home