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• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account

• How to read your smart gas meter

  Find out how to get a reading from your smart gas meter or your meter's in-home display

• Help with school costs

  Find out what help you can get to pay for school lunches, uniforms and transport if you’re on a low income

• Complaining about your landlord's failure to make repairs if you are a social housing tenant

  Complaining about your landlord's failure to make repairs to your social housing landlord, councillor or an Ombudsman and what to include in your complaint

• If you're from Ukraine and your visa is ending

  Check if you can extend or switch your visa, and what to do if you can’t

• Q1 - moving around and using steps

  Help to fill in Q1: moving around and using steps for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• Get help if you use oil, LPG, coal or wood to heat your home

  If you use oil, wood, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), biomass or coal to heat your home, you might be able to get help to pay your bills

• How much pension you'll need

  Advice on planning for financial commitments in retirement and saving for a pension.