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• Help with your claim

  If you're applying for child benefits read our advice to help with your claim. Find out how to claim child benefits and check if changes affect your payment

• Before you claim

  Before going through the process of claiming you should check if you can get child benefit. Read our advice on who is eligible for child benefit payments

• Check your rights as an agency worker

  Find out what rights you have and what extra rights you get after 12 weeks in the same job with the same organisation

• Debt relief restrictions orders

  Explains why you might have a debt relief restrictions order (DRRO) made against you if you did something against the rules when you applied for your DRO, or while the DRO is in force

• Making an employment tribunal claim

  Find out how to start your claim, how to fill in the claim form, what happens if you want to change it after you've sent

• If someone's harassed you in housing

  Find out if you can take action about harassment from someone involved in your housing

• Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit

  Check if you're working more than the legal limit of 48 hours a week. Find out what you can do if your employer is asking you to work over the limit

• Challenge the council’s decision about your housing application

  Check what to do if you disagree with the council's decision. Check how to ask for a review - this depends on why you’re challenging the decision

• Understanding your tenancy agreement

  Check what terms can be in your tenancy agreement. Check documents your landlord needs to give you and what counts as an unfair agreement

• Help with school costs

  Find out what help you can get to pay for school lunches, uniforms and transport if you’re on a low income