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• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax’.

• Buying a home

  Information on buying a house including information on choosing a solicitor or conveyancer, making an offer, mortgages, surveys, home reports and help to buy schemes for first time buyers

• If you're struggling with your overdraft

  Things you can do if you're struggling with your overdraft. Get advice on what to do if you're struggling to pay off your overdraft

• Applying for family visas or indefinite leave

  Check how your family member can apply to live in the UK, extend their visa or get indefinite leave to remain

• If you're owed child maintenance

  Find out what you can do if you're not getting the child maintenance payments you're owed

• Child abuse: useful organisations

  A list of useful organisations that provide help and support for issues relating to child abuse and child protection.

• Choosing a school for your child

  Advice on choosing a school and the differences between local council, independent and specialist schools and colleges

• NHS patients' rights

  Information on the rights of clients within the National Health Service including access to GPs, hospital services and refusal of treatment

• Check if your agency is paying you the right amount

  Find out what pay you should get and what fees your agency can charge you

• If your ESA is stopped or reduced

  What to do if your ESA is stopped or reduced. If the DWP stop or reduce your ESA, you might be able to challenge them or start a new claim