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• Problems with renting and energy bills

  Advice on some of the common problems with renting and energy, like gas and electricity supplies

• Young people and the law

  Find out about the age of criminal responsibility and the rights of young people in relation to the police and in criminal and civil proceedings

• Income protection insurance

  Information on income protection insurance, factors to consider before taking out income protection insurance and how to work out the level of cover you need

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance

• Complaints about banks and building societies

  How to make a complaint about your bank or building society and the standard of service

• Appealing a tax credits decision at a tribunal

  What to expect at a tax credits tribunal hearing and how best to prepare

• If you have to go to a disciplinary meeting

  Find out what a disciplinary meeting is, why your employer has asked you to go to one, how to prepare, what will happen and what the possible outcomes

• Best Start Foods

  Find out about Best Start Foods - a Scottish benefit providing help to people who are pregnant or who have children aged up to three years old

• Apprenticeships

  Explains the different types of apprenticeship schemes available and who they are designed for. Summarises the employment rights of apprentices including pay and the national minimum wage, health and safety, redundancy and dismissal

• Disclosure and declaring a criminal record

  Information on disclosing criminal convictions in relation to employment and about the disclosures offered by Disclosure Scotland