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• Check if you can increase your income

  Check you’re getting all the money you’re entitled to - including benefits, grants from charities and payments from government schemes.

• Getting a permanent right to live in the UK if you have a family visa

  Check if you can apply for indefinite leave if you already have a family visa

• Check if a change affects your Housing Benefit

  Find out what changes of circumstances to tell your local council so you get the right amount of Housing Benefit.

• How to claim Child Benefit

  Check how to claim Child Benefit and what documents you’ll need. Find out how and when you’ll get paid.

• Moving to Universal Credit if you've got a migration notice

  You’ll have to move to Universal Credit when you get a letter from the DWP - this is a 'migration notice'. Your existing benefit will stop. Claim Universal Credit to keep getting financial support.

• Check what an IVA is

  Find out how an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) works and the type of debts you can include

• Get a hardship payment if you've been sanctioned

  If you've been sanctioned, you might be able to get some emergency money to help you cover household expenses. This is called a hardship payment

• If you’re struggling to pay your heat network bills

  Find out what to do if you're having problems paying heat network bills or you owe money. Heat networks are sometimes called communal heating or district heating