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• How volunteering affects your benefits - overview

  Check the rules about volunteering for the benefit you claim to make sure your benefits aren't affected. Read our advice about volunteering while on benefits.

• A business takes legal action against you to recover losses for theft

  What to do if you are accused of shoplifting, theft or negligence at work where the business is trying to recover compensation for alleged losses

• Problems with your business energy supplier or broker

  Complain to your business energy supplier or broker if you’re a small business or a microbusiness. Check if you can take your complaint to the Energy Ombudsman

• Your child arrangements aren't working

  Getting help and going to court if your child arrangements aren't working

• Appealing a tax credits decision at a tribunal

  What to expect at a tax credits tribunal hearing and how best to prepare

• Check how bankruptcy affects your money and bills

  Find out what happens to your bank account when you’re bankrupt, how your bills might change and if you can keep money like your savings or pension

• Reporting a hate crime or hate incident to the police

  Check how to report a hate crime or hate incident to the police and what happens after you report. Find out how to report it online, by phone or in person

• Preparing to rent from a private landlord

  Find out how to decide whether to rent from a landlord or letting agent, how to search for a property and what questions you should ask before you rent a home

• Making a controlled goods agreement

  Check how to make a controlled goods agreement with bailiffs and what to do if you break your agreement

• If your ex-partner has left your home

  Find out your rights to stay in your home if your ex has left - and what to do if they try to come back