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• Apply for SMI

  How to apply for support for mortgage interest (SMI) if you get benefits

• Help with school costs

  or a person with parental responsibilities for a child, you might be entitled to certain types of financial help, depending on your circumstances. If your child is at a private school, you'll have

• Parental bereavement leave - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  Your right to take up to 2 weeks off work if your child dies, and how to arrange it with your employer.

• Discrimination because of sex

  Taking action on sex discrimination, explaining when it is unlawful or not unlawful, positive discrimination and organisations which can give further help

• What to do if you've been sanctioned while on Universal Credit

  Check what you can do if you've been sanctioned on Universal Credit. Check how to challenge an unfair sanction and what you can do to avoid future issues.

• Check if a financial service has followed the rules

  Check what rules financial services need to follow, including banks, mortgage lenders and creditors, and how you can complain

• Letter to get a loan fee refunded when the loan hasn't been received

  Use this letter to get a refund of a fee for a loan when the loan has not been given within 6 months

• Your energy supplier has gone bust

  What happens if your gas or electricity supplier stops trading, and what you should do next

• Payday loans

  How payday loans work, including continuous payment authority, stopping payments, extending the loan and alternatives to payday loans

• Challenging a Social Security Scotland benefit decision

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