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• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  Information on the role of the executor or administrator in dealing with the estate of a deceased person

• If you’re struggling to pay your heat network bills

  Find out what to do if you're having problems paying heat network bills or you owe money. Heat networks are sometimes called communal heating or district heating

• Challenging a JSA decision - mandatory reconsideration

  What to do if you've been refused JSA or had your JSA reduced. The arguments you can use to challenge a JSA decision and the evidence you'll need

• If you're working too many hours

  Check how many hours your employer can ask you to work and if you have to do overtime. Check how you can ask to reduce your hours

• Universal Credit payments if you're self-employed

  Find out how your self-employed Universal Credit payments work, including how the DWP calculates your payments based on your income floor

• If you want your lodger to move out

  Landlords of lodgers have responsibilities. Check what you should be doing when you have a problem or are looking to end your agreement

• 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

• Deciding what to do when you separate

  What you need to do when you separate from your partner including how to reach an agreement about your children and money, belongings and the family home

• How to claim JSA

  Check which way you should apply for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and make sure you include all the right information

• Appealing against a benefit decision

  Appealing to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a mandatory reconsideration decision made by the DWP or HMRC