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• Check if you can pay less on your water bills

  Get help if you’re having trouble paying your water bills. Find out how to save money on your bills and if it's worth getting a water meter installed

• How to read your gas or electricity meter

  Your supplier needs readings from your gas or electricity meter to work out your bills. Find out how to read different types of gas and electricity meters

• Choosing a debt management plan provider

  How to find a debt management plan provider, covering whether a debt management company is licenced and belongs to a trade association and checking the contract is correct

• Making child arrangements

  How to agree where your children live, who they live with and how often you'll see them after you've split up. This is also called making 'child arrangements'.

• If you can't pay your water bill

  What can happen when you owe your water company money and what you can do about it. Check what actions you can take

• Check how much a call will cost

  How much you might have to pay for calls that are outside of your free calls or minutes

• Rent and mortgage arrears - administration orders

  Lists the types of debts which can be included in an administration order, those that can't (and what to do about them), the limit on the amount of debt and whether to include joint debts

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

  Your right to take up to 2 weeks off work if your child dies, and how to arrange it with your employer