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• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• Debt has increased since debt management plan

  Explains what to do if your overall debt increases even though a debt management plan is in place, including asking for interest to be frozen, increasing payments and considering alternative debt solutions

• Stopping a future payment on your debit or credit card

  Information about your rights to stop a future credit or debit card payment, by phone, email or letter, and how to get your money back if money is taken from you account against your wishes

• 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

• Reporting a change while you're on ESA

  What changes of circumstance to tell the DWP about while you're getting ESA, how to contact the DWP about the changes

• If your visa application is delayed

  How to find out what is happening to your visa, if it is delayed and you are waiting for a decision

• How to report repairs

  Reporting housing repairs to the landlord and what to do if the landlord does not carry out the repairs

• Contact the consumer service

  Contacting Citizens Advice consumer service by phone or on-line if you need further help with a consumer problem

• Repossession by your landlord's mortgage lender

  Check what happens if your landlord hasn't paid their mortgage. Check if you'll be evicted or if you have the right to stay.

• What rights are protected under the Human Rights Act?

  Overview and content list for rights are protected under the Human Rights Act