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• Going to your Universal Credit interview and getting a decision

  Find out what happens at your Jobcentre Universal Credit interview, including what to bring and what to do if you have any problems

• Living together and marriage - legal differences

  Differences between how the law treats married and cohabiting couples including financial matters, responsibility for children and housing

• Managing affairs for someone else

  Information on managing someone’s affairs including ordinary, lasting and enduring power of attorney, and mental capacity

• Step 1: Check it was because of a protected characteristic

  To check if you’ve been discriminated against under the Equality Act 2010, you can check if what you experienced was because of a protected characteristic

• Check you've been given the right sanction

  Find out what type of sanction you should get, how long it should be, where to get help with challenging a sanction and how to get more details

• Challenging a benefit decision - mandatory reconsideration

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

• Challenging a working or child tax credits decision - mandatory reconsideration

  How to challenge a tax credits decision with HMRC and applying for mandatory reconsideration

• Using mediation to help you separate

  Mediation is a cost-effective way of sorting any differences you have with your ex-partner when you separate. Find out more about mediation