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• Creditor takes money from your bank account

  Information on third party debt orders to take money owed to you to pay creditors, how they affect your bank account and what to do if a frozen bank account leads to hardship

• Check if you're disabled under the Equality Act

  Check the definition of disability for discrimination in housing under the Equality Act 2010

• Check if you can get Housing Benefit

  Check if you can claim Housing Benefit to help pay your rent - most people have to claim Universal Credit instead

• Claiming compensation from Royal Mail

  Check how to claim compensation for lost, damaged or delayed post and parcels. Check how much you should get and how much time you have to make a claim

• You are taken to court for rent arrears

  Information about the procedure a landlord must follow in order to take a tenant to court for rent arrears, special rules for social housing landlords, notice periods, what happens and a court hearing and the type of orders a judge can make

• Changing a court order for debt

  Information about changing or cancelling county court judgments (CCJ

• Rights while you're on maternity leave

  Check your legal rights on how your employer has to treat you when you're away from work on maternity leave

• Claim compensation for a holiday

  Claim compensation if something went wrong on your holiday or the company went bust. What you're legally entitled to - what to do