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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

• Young people and family

  Rights of children and young people on family matters including adoption, getting married and the rights of parents under 16

• Making a will

  Information about making a will and how to change or end a will. How to protect your will against being challenged

• Reducing your regular outgoings

  Find out how to save on household, energy and water bills, your TV licence and travel costs

• Check if you can get sick pay

  Who can and can’t get sick pay, what you can do if you're not getting the sick pay you might be eligible for and returning to work after illness or surgery

• Asking your employer for changes to help you if you’re disabled

  Find out when your employer has a duty to make changes to help you with your disability

• Your energy supplier has gone bust

  What happens if your gas or electricity supplier stops trading, and what you should do next

• If your employer hasn’t paid you what they owe you

  Check what to do if your employer hasn’t paid you, has underpaid you, or has deducted money from your pay

• Check you’re in the right Universal Credit work-related activity group

  There are 4 work-related activity groups for Universal Credit. Check you’re in the right group, and what to do if you think you're in the wrong one