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• If you've been sanctioned

  Get help if you've been sanctioned while on universal credit. We have advice on how to check your sanction and challenging it, and how to get hardship payment

• Dealing with rent arrears

  Check you’re responsible for paying rent arrears, find a way of affordably repaying them and make sure you're getting all the help you're entitled

• If your JSA has stopped or been reduced

  What to do if your JSA has stopped or been reduced because of a sanction. Check what help you could get while your JSA has stopped

• Changing your claimant commitment

  Find out how to get your Universal Credit claimant commitment changed if your work coach asks you to do too much work-related activity as part of your claim

• If you used to get tax credits

  Check what you can do now tax credits have ended - for example, claiming other benefits, challenging a decision and making sure your final payment is correct

• Getting PIP after you’ve reached State Pension age

  Check if you can claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after State Pension age, and the rules if your condition gets worse

• Check if you can get Pension Credit

  Check if you can claim Pension Credit, a weekly benefit made up of 2 parts - Guarantee Credit and Savings Credit

• Challenging a benefit decision - mandatory reconsideration

  Check what you can do if you disagree with a benefit decision made by the DWP or HMRC

• Check if you can get 'new style' JSA

  Check if you can claim 'new style' Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) - and how much you'll get - while you look for a full-time job

• Apply for SMI

  How to apply for support for mortgage interest (SMI) if you get benefits