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• Dealing with Council Tax arrears

  What happens when you miss a council tax payment, and how to negotiate with your council to pay what you owe in smaller amounts

• 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

• Getting visas for your partner and children to live in the UK

  Check who can apply for partner and child visas, including the rules about your income.

• Getting a job or pay rise while on Universal Credit

  Find out what to do if you get a job or pay rise, when you can refuse a job offer and how a job or increased pay will affect your Universal Credit payment.

• Staying in the UK as the parent of a child who lives here

  Check if you can apply for a parent visa, including the rules about your income

• Job Start Payment

  Find out about Job Start Payment and who can get

• Council Tax Reduction - how to apply

  How, where and what evidence you need to apply for a Council Tax Reduction.

• Check you’re in the right Universal Credit work-related activity group

  There are 4 work-related activity groups for Universal Credit. Check you’re in the right group, and what to do if you think you're in the wrong one.

• How to claim Pension Credit

  Check the best way to apply for Pension Credit. Check what extra help you can get if you're eligible, including Winter Fuel Payments.

• Council Tax Reduction - income when the pension-age rules are used

  How your income for Council Tax Reduction is worked out when the pension age rules are used.