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• Taking action

  Information about taking action against discrimination at work. Get help if you need to take action, including deciding what to do and collecting evidence

• If your energy supplier has increased your direct debit payments

  Why your payments may go up, checking your payments are correct, agreeing new monthly payments

• Claiming compensation from water companies

  How to claim compensation from a water company. Read this to find out more about the standards water companies must stick to and when you can claim

• Check your personal alarm will work after the landline switch off

  Check how the switch to digital landlines might affect your telecare and other alarms. Check what to do to avoid problems when you switch

• Dispute a mobile, phone, internet or TV bill

  Challenge a bill if you’ve been charged too much for your phone, internet or TV. Your provider might have got your bill wrong or your bill could be high because of fraud

• WaterSure scheme – help with paying water bills

  Watersure is a scheme to help save money with your water bill, if you get certain benefits and you have three or more children under 19 or someone in your house has a medical condition that means more water gets used

• Who is responsible for repairing drains and sewers

  The difference between drains, lateral drains and sewers and who is responsible for repairing them, and asking a water company to adopt a private or unadopted sewer

• What to do after a death

  Information on registering a death, arranging a funeral, dealing with property and organisations which can provide further help and counselling