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• Help on a low income

  Overview and content list for benefits help for those on a low income

• Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance

  Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a benefit for disabled adults who live in Scotland. It’s to help with the extra costs of being disabled or having a long-term health condition

• Check if a change affects your Housing Benefit

  Find out what changes of circumstances to tell your local council so you get the right amount of Housing Benefit

• If a creditor takes money from your earnings

  Information on how a creditor can take money from your earnings if you are in debt and how much they can take

• Benefits

  Get advice on benefits, including what you're entitled to and how to claim

• Check if you can get Housing Benefit

  Check if you can claim Housing Benefit to help pay your rent - and find out if you’re entitled to the maximum amount of Housing Benefit

• Living together, marriage and civil partnerships - legal differences

  Legal differences between living together, marriage and civil partnerships in Scotland. Learn what rights each gives you in areas including money, benefits, debts, children, housing and inheritance

• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account