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• Changing your name

  How to change a name, how to record it and who to tell about

• 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.

• Check if a change affects your SMI

  Find out if a change you report about your benefits also affects your support for mortgage interest (SMI

• If you’re struggling to pay your credit card

  Find out what to do if you are struggling to pay your credit card debt and how you can start to clear the debt you have.

• Check what happens if you win your employment tribunal case

  Find out what you can do if your employer won't pay compensation, if you have to pay tax on your compensation and if compensation will affect your benefits

• Early learning and childcare

  Find out what childcare and education your child can get from birth to starting school - called early learning and childcare. Check if you can get help with costs.

• If your Income Support has stopped

  Find out why your Income Support payments have stopped and how to get them started again

• Changing your claimant commitment

  Find out how to get your Universal Credit claimant commitment changed if your work coach asks you to do too much work-related activity as part of your claim.

• Living together and same-sex marriage: legal differences

  Information about the legal differences between same-sex married or cohabiting couples including information on financial matters, responsibility for children and housing

• State Pension

  Check how much State Pension you can get and how many qualifying years you need to get the full amount