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• Stopping bailiffs if you don't owe the debt

  Check how to stop bailiffs visiting you if you don’t owe a debt, find out how to prove you don’t owe the debt and how to complain if the bailiffs still say you owe the money

• Income Support - how much you can get

  Find out how much Income Support you could get, including additional payments for housing costs

• Agreeing maintenance between you

  Find out what to include in a private child maintenance arrangement and where you can get help to make one

• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  Check what kind of accommodation the council is offering. Check if it's suitable for you to live in, and what you can do if it isn't suitable

• 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 take your holiday because you're ill

  Find out what you can do if you’re sick before on on a holiday, if you can postpone your holiday and when you can take it, including in the following year

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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