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• 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

• Buying a more energy efficient appliance

  Work out if you’ll save money by buying a more energy efficient appliance and check how to read an appliance’s energy label

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• If you're sending the form back late

  If you're late sending back the form you must still fill it in and send it as soon as you can. If you have a good reason the DWP might decide to accept

• Check if you have to work on Sundays

  Know your rights about Sunday working, your pay, and how to opt out if you work in a shop or betting shop

• Check if you have the right to reside for benefits

  You might need to show you have a right to reside in the UK to claim some benefits. Find out what information you need and which benefits are affected

• If you get a ‘section 21’ eviction notice

  Check your section 21 notice is valid, find out what to do if it's not valid and make sure you know what to do before you need to leave your home

• Challenging what the CMS says you should get

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed

• Appealing a JSA decision at a tribunal

  How to appeal against a JSA decision by appealing to an independent tribunal. Check what your options are if your mandatory reconsideration has been refused

• Check if you're disabled under the Equality Act

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