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• Taking the first step if you need financial support

  If you need financial support, start by checking if you can get any benefits. You could get this financial help, even if you’re working or have savings

• County court judgments and your credit rating - overview

  How to find out if a CCJ has been made against you and change or remove an entry in the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines

• If the council decide your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what your landlord has to do if the council have inspected your home and sent them a legal notice. If the council haven’t helped, find out how to complain

• If your landlord didn’t follow deposit rules

  Check what you can do if your landlord didn't protect your deposit or give you the right information. Check if you can get compensation

• Deciding if you should apply for SMI

  What to think about before you apply for support for mortgage interest (SMI) if you get benefits

• Challenging a homeless decision

  Check if you can ask the council to review their decision. Check how to ask them for a review and what you can do if they don’t change the decision

• Complain about a local council's involvement with your family

  Find out how to complain about your local council if they've been involved with your family

• Check what child maintenance arrangement is right for you

  Find out about the different ways to arrange child maintenance and how to choose the best one for you

• Challenging a Pension Credit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  How to challenge a Pension Credit decision and apply for mandatory reconsideration

• If your local council discriminates against you

  Check what you can do if you’ve been discriminated against by a public authority - including if you need to take your local council to court