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• Dealing with rent arrears

  Check you’re responsible for paying rent arrears, find a way of affordably repaying them and make sure you're getting all the help you're entitled

• How to apply for Universal Credit

  Find out how to apply for Universal Credit online. Find out more about the questions you need to answer, your ‘to-do list’ and the next steps

• Eviction for rent arrears

  Details of the various types of possession orders that a judge can grant a landlord in order to evict their tenant

• Check if you have to pay a debt

  How to check liability for a debt, including time limits on debts and how to challenge a debt you think you might not be liable

• How Universal Credit is paid

  Find out how Universal Credit is paid. You'll usually get a single payment every month paid directly into your bank, building society or credit union account

• Help with bills if you use alternative fuels

  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

• Making child arrangements

  How to agree where your children live, who they live with and how often you'll see them after you've split up. This is also called making 'child arrangements

• 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

• Letter to switch energy supplier if you have a prepayment meter

  Use this template letter to complain if your energy supplier won't let you switch because you have a prepayment meter

• Dividing up money and belongings when you separate

  If you and your partner separate, you need to decide how to divide your home and your pension. You also need to divide possessions and money in bank accounts