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• Water shortages - restrictions to your supply

  When your water company can impose temporary hosepipe bans and drought orders during water shortages, for how long, and what your rights are when this happens

• Check what rights squatters have

  Check if you can be arrested for squatting. Check what you can do if you find squatters in your home or your neighbour’s home

• If your job offer is withdrawn

  Check if you can get money if you’re offered a job and then the offer is withdrawn

• If you didn’t agree to switch energy supplier

  What you should do if you're switched without your permission, what your rights are and where to get extra help

• Credit rating - impact of debt relief order

  Explains that a debt relief order must be noted in your credit reference file and how it affects your credit rating, making it hard to get credit in future

• Your payment card was used without your permission – distance sales

  What you can do if your payment card has been used for a distance sale purchase by internet, mail order, TV, phone or fax without your permission

• You've given a witness statement to the police

  What happens when you give a witness statement to police including information on withdrawing or changing your statement

• Check if you can get special measures in court

  Find out if you can get extra help giving evidence in court including getting help if you're worried about seeing the defendant

• Getting repairs done if you're renting privately

  Check what repairs you and your landlord are responsible for, find out how to tell your landlord about repairs and know how to take action if your landlord won’t do them

• Discrimination by a business or service because of pregnancy or maternity

  Check if you've been discriminated against because you're pregnant, breastfeeding or gave birth. Check if it counts as pregnancy and maternity discrimination