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• Q8 - getting around safely

  Help to fill in Q8: getting around safely for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• Work you can do while getting ESA

  While you’re getting Employment Support Allowance (ESA) you might be able to do some types of work. Check what work you can do while you’re getting ESA

• Get help with the cost of renting privately

  Check if you can get help to pay your rent or council tax. Check if you can get Universal Credit for housing costs or a council tax reduction

• If you can't keep to your jobseeker's agreement

  What to do if you can’t keep to your jobseeker's agreement because of illness, emergencies or changes to your situation

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax

• Challenging a Universal Credit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  If you disagree with the decision about your Universal Credit claim, you can ask for ‘mandatory reconsideration’. Find out how to challenge the decision

• Accessing your bank account after going bankrupt

  Explains the options for your day-to-day banking needs after you go bankrupt, as your existing bank account will be frozen

• Credit brokers explained

  Explains what a credit broker is and when they are properly authorised to act

• What will happen on the day of the trial as a witness

  What happens on the day of the trial if you're giving evidence as a witness including information on what to do in the courtroom and claiming expenses

• Debt management plans - what you need to know

  Introduction to debt management plans, explaining what they are, how they work and who can get one