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• Get a hardship payment if you've been sanctioned

  If you've been sanctioned, you might be able to get some emergency money to help you cover household expenses. This is called a hardship payment.

• Check if your energy meter isn't working properly

  How to check if the meter's faulty, getting your supplier to test the meter, how the meter is tested, what the supplier should do if your meter is faulty

• Check if you're entitled to paid holidays

  Find out if you’re entitled to paid holiday and how much you should get - including if you’re in a new job or when you leave a job

• Complaining about the Child Maintenance Service

  Find out what you can do if you want to make a complaint about the way the CMS has dealt with you

• Maternity leave - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  Check your right to time off work when you have a baby. Find out how to arrange time off with your employer

• Step 1: Check it was because of a protected characteristic

  To check if you’ve been discriminated against under the Equality Act 2010, you can check if what you experienced was because of a protected characteristic

• Getting on the waiting list for a council home

  Check if you can get on the waiting list and how to fill in your application. Check what happens when you're on the list

• 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

• Becoming a British citizen

  Check if you can apply for British citizenship - find out what you need to be eligible, and how long you have to live in the UK before applying

• Fill in the work capability form: how your conditions affect you

  Find out what to do before you fill in the UC50 form, so you can give the information you need when you begin to fill in the form