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• Arranging financial support after you separate

  If you're married or in a civil partnership, you can apply for financial support (‘spousal maintenance’) from your ex when you separate. Find out more about what you can get or need to pay

• Check which debts bankruptcy covers

  Find out which debts bankruptcy covers. Bankruptcy doesn't cover all debts so it's important to find out if it's the right option for your situation

• Pet gets ill or dies after buying

  If you recently bought a pet and it soon becomes ill or dies you may have a right to get a refund or replacement from the trader you bought it from

• Get a Universal Credit advance payment

  How to get an advance payment of Universal Credit if you don't have enough money to get by while you're waiting for your first Universal Credit payment.

• The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Check if you’ve been overpaid Housing Benefit and find out how to challenge an overpayment

• Charging orders

  Information about what you can do if a creditor applies for a charging order against your property

• 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

• Check the rules after you go bankrupt

  Find out the rules and restrictions when you're bankrupt. While you're bankrupt there's certain rules you need to follow, these are known as 'restrictions