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• Paying for sewerage

  What you are paying for when you pay public sewerage charges including water drainage, surface water drainage, highway drainage and land drainage

• Student housing - standards in halls

  Explains the codes of standards that universities must follow, when providing halls of residence for students. Covers repairs and maintenance, fire, electrical and gas safety, security, managing tenancy/licence agreements and how to make a complaint

• Check if your business is a microbusiness or a small business

  We provide official energy advice for microbusinesses and small businesses. Check our guidance to find out if your business is a microbusiness or a small business.

• Maternity pay - how to get it

  What you need to do to get statutory or contractual maternity pay from your employer

• Taking action about human rights

  Things to think about before taking action about a breach of human rights, including checking a breach took place and choosing the best course of action for you

• Asking the council to review their decision to evict you

  Ask the council to review their decision to evict you if you’re an introductory or demoted council tenant. Find out how to make your case to keep your home

• Check the time limits for taking legal action about discrimination

  Information about acting within time limits, if you want to take legal action about discrimination and how to work out how the time limit applies to your case

• Check your personal alarm will work after the landline switch off

  Check how the switch to digital landlines might affect your telecare and other alarms. Check what to do to avoid problems when you switch

• You're involved in a road accident abroad

  What you should do if you’re involved in a road accident while travelling abroad

• If you disagree with your neighbour about a tree or hedge

  Check what to do if a neighbour’s tree is affecting your property - for example if its branches are overhanging into your garden