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• If you've been refused reasonable adjustments

  If you didn't get the adjustments you need, check if you've experienced a type of discrimination called ‘failure to make reasonable adjustments

• Getting a smart meter installed

  What smart meters are, when you can get one installed, whether you can refuse a smart meter, smart meter specifications and how to save money with a smart meter

• 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 your rights if you share accommodation

  Check who needs to pay rent and what happens when someone moves out. Check the difference between joint tenancies and sole tenancies

• Who can inherit if there's no will

  Information on who can and cannot inherit if someone dies without making a will. Covers married couples, civil partners, children and other relatives

• Managing affairs for someone else

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

• When can you use the public sector equality duty?

  Explains when you can use the public sector equality duty to challenge decisions or policies which discriminate against you, or put you at a disadvantage

• WaterSure scheme – help with paying water bills

  Watersure is a scheme to help save money with your water bill, if you get certain benefits and you have three or more children under 19 or someone in your house has a medical condition that means more water gets used.

• Your options if you're in the UK illegally

  How to get British citizenship or a legal immigration status if you're living in the UK illegally

• Disability discrimination in schools

  Explains the duty of schools to make reasonable adjustments to allow disabled pupils to access and fully participate in education