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• Check your rights as an agency worker

  Find out what rights you have and what extra rights you get after 12 weeks in the same job with the same organisation

• If you're struggling with your IVA payments

  Check what to do if you're struggling with your individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) payments

• Stop being chased for a parking ticket

  How to stop being chased to pay a parking ticket in England and Wales – including if you've already paid or are appealing your ticket

• If your circumstances change during your IVA

  Find out what to do if your circumstances change during your IVA, like your income goes up

• Cancelling a gym membership

  When you can cancel your gym membership without paying, what to say to the gym when asking to cancel, where to get more help if the gym's not responding.

• 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’.

• Applying for a JSA hardship payment

  Find out who can get a JSA hardship payment and how much you’ll get. Find out how to apply for a JSA hardship payment.

• Who must comply with the public sector equality duty?

  Lists the type of public authorities which must comply with the public sector equality duty. Also explains when private organisations or charities must comply, when carrying out public functions

• 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.

• 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