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• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  Information for same-sex and opposite-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance

• Managing affairs for someone else

  Information on managing someone’s affairs including ordinary, lasting and enduring power of attorney, and mental capacity

• Check if you can sublet your home

  Check if you're allowed to sublet your home and how it might affect your income and benefits

• 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

• Check what bailiffs can take

  Check what bailiffs can take and stop them taking things they shouldn’t

• Administration order court hearing

  Explains why you might have to attend a court hearing in the process of applying for an application order and what happens at the hearing

• Claiming compensation from Royal Mail

  Check how to claim compensation for lost, damaged or delayed post and parcels. Check how much you should get and how much time you have to make a claim

• If the council decide your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what your landlord has to do if the council have inspected your home and sent them a legal notice. If the council haven’t helped, find out how to complain

• Prepare for a power cut

  Check how to prepare for a planned power cut caused by engineering work or an unplanned power cut which could be caused by a storm or severe weather

• Challenging an Attendance Allowance decision - mandatory reconsideration

  You can challenge your Attendance Allowance decision if you think the decision is wrong. Read our guidance and tips on asking for mandatory reconsideration