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• What is Universal Credit?

  What is Universal Credit and how it works - including how it's different from other benefits and what other benefits you can claim at the same time

• If you’ve been told your energy supply will be disconnected

  What should happen before you're disconnected, circumstances in which you shouldn't be disconnected, the disconnection process, where to get more advice and support

• Challenging a Social Security Scotland benefit decision

  Find out how to challenge a benefit decision made by Social Security Scotland

• Choosing voluntary redundancy

  Work out if voluntary redundancy is right for you, and know when it affects benefits, mortgage protection or early retirement

• Check if you can get sick pay

  Who can and can’t get sick pay, what you can do if you're not getting the sick pay you might be eligible for and returning to work after illness or surgery

• Check you’re in the right Universal Credit work-related activity group

  There are 4 work-related activity groups for Universal Credit. Check you’re in the right group, and what to do if you think you're in the wrong one

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance

• Check if a change affects your Income Support

  Find out what changes of circumstances you have to report to make sure you get the right amount of Income Support