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• Check if you're entitled to Attendance Allowance

  You can claim Attendance Allowance to help you if you have an illness or disability. It can help you stay independent for longer. The money can be spent on anything

• Check if you’re responsible for paying an energy bill

  Find out if you’re responsible for paying an energy bill. You usually have to pay for any gas or electricity you’ve used even if you haven’t signed a contract

• Who can inherit if there's no will

  Information on who can and cannot inherit if someone dies without making a will. Covers married couples, civil partners, children and other relatives

• Arranging financial support after you separate

  If you're married or in a civil partnership, you can apply for financial support (‘spousal maintenance’) from your ex when you separate. Find out more about what you can get or need to pay

• Domestic abuse

  Find out what you can do when you're fleeing from violence in the home, including finding emergency accommodation

• Writing off some of your debt if you apply for an administration order

  Tells you how to ask for a composition order, as part of an administration order, to get part of your debt written off

• Taking action over credit brokers

  Explains how to get your money back from a credit broker, if they have taken payment from you without your permission

• Credit brokers explained

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

• 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

• Challenging a PIP decision - mandatory reconsideration

  How to challenge a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision with DWP and applying for mandatory reconsideration