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• Young people and family

  Find out about family matters affecting children and young people, including information on adoption, local authority care, wills and inheritance and the minimum age for getting married or registering a civil partnership

• Sick or disabled people and carers

  Overview and content list for benefits help for sick or disabled people and carers. Get help and support on claiming benefits

• Problems with your payment

  Overview and content list for problems with your payment. Get help appealing if you're having problems with your universal credit payments.

• Contact us about a Universal Credit application

  Get help making a new claim for Universal Credit, from the making the application through to getting your first correct payment.

• You are a private-sector tenant taken to the tribunal for rent arrears

  Information about the procedure a landlord must follow in order to take a private sector tenant to the First-tier Tribunal for rent arrears and eviction, the tribunal hearing and what decisions the tribunal can make

• Use our British Sign Language service to help you apply for Universal Credit

  You can use our British Sign Language (BSL) video service if you need help or advice with applying for Universal Credit and the early stages of your claim.

• What is the Best Start Grant

  The Best Start Grant is made up of three Scottish benefits that can help those on low incomes with the costs of having a child in the family. Find out more on this page.

• Check what you can get from an employment tribunal

  Find out what you can get from an employment tribunal if you win. Before you make a claim, it's worth calculating how much compensation you're likely to get