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• Housing

  Get advice on renting, council tax, homelessness and problems where you live.

• Getting British citizenship for children

  Check if your child can become a British citizen if they were born in the UK, have a British parent, migrated to the UK or are eligible another way.

• Letter to make a claim for equal liability from a credit provider

  Letter to credit provider claiming equal liability for goods or services bought on credit.

• Before you apply for Universal Credit

  Information for before you apply for Universal Credit. Find out more about what Universal Credit is, check if you're eligible and how it's paid.

• Borrowing money

  Overview and content list for borrowing money. Read our advice including types of borrowing, getting the best deal and some tips for lending money

• Get a Universal Credit advance payment

  How to get an advance payment of Universal Credit if you don't have enough money to get by while you're waiting for your first Universal Credit payment.

• Getting a Universal Credit budgeting advance

  Find out how to get a Universal Credit budgeting advance, a loan for emergency and one-off expenses. Who’s eligible, how much you'll get and how to apply.

• Paying off a credit agreement early

  Find out if your credit agreement is covered by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and how to pay it off early.

• Before you claim Pension Credit

  Overview and content list for before you claim pension credit. Get information and check if you can get pension credit and how to claim.

• Loans

  Overview and content list for loans. Read information about loans, including payday loans and information about credit brokers.