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• Being forced to pay your debts

  Information for people whose creditors are taking legal action against them

• Collecting information about your debts

  Collect information about your debts and check how to contact your creditor

• Check if a change affects your Universal Credit

  Check what change of circumstances you need to report and how they’ll affect your Universal Credit. This includes changes to your work, money or family life.

• Getting tax advice

  Check where you can get help with a tax problem. If you need help with tax, you can get advice from the tax charity TaxAid.

• Council Tax Reduction - can you get an extended reduction

  If you have been getting Council Tax Reduction and your circumstances change, you may be entitled to continue receiving the same rate of CTR for an extra period. This is called an 'extended reduction'.

• Challenging a Housing Benefit decision

  How to appeal if you've been refused Housing Benefit or your payments have been reduced

• Kinship care

  Find out more about kinship care, allowance and funds available in Scotland, the issues that might arise with kinship arrangements and where to find help and support

• Short-term Assistance

  Find out about financial help you might get whilst challenging a Child Disability Payment decision, known as 'Short-term Assistance'.