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• How to claim Attendance Allowance

  You can claim Attendance Allowance to help you stay independent for longer if you have an illness or disability. The money can be spent on anything

• How to claim Housing Benefit

  How to claim Housing Benefit, including if you can backdate your claim. How to claim a Discretionary Housing Payment too

• Check how to fill in your claim form

  Detailed information on how to fill in your ‘How your disability affects you’ form, including advice for each question and tick box

• Getting a job or pay rise while on Universal Credit

  Find out what to do if you get a job or pay rise, when you can refuse a job offer and how a job or increased pay will affect your Universal Credit payment

• How to apply for an IVA

  Find out how to apply for an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA). Before you start, make sure an IVA is the right debt solution for you

• Creditor trying to make you bankrupt

  You shouldn't ignore a statutory demand. Find out what to do if you get a statutory demand from someone who is trying to make you bankrupt

• Challenging an Attendance Allowance decision - appealing the decision

  How to appeal an Attendance Allowance decision that you think is wrong. Guidance and tips on appealing to a tribunal

• 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

• Check how to make a formal complaint about discrimination

  Check what to say in your formal complaint to show that discrimination happened. You can also find out what to do if you’re not happy with the response you get

• Going to your Universal Credit medical assessment

  If you're sick or disabled, find out how to prepare for the Universal Credit medical assessment and what the DWP’s decision means for you