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• Your right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman way

  Explains how article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects you from torture or inhuman treatment, which causes you severe mental or physical suffering

• Must public authorities always comply with the public sector equality duty?

  Find out when public authorities don't have to comply with the public sector equality duty, covering judicial and immigration functions and age exceptions

• Complaining about the public sector equality duty

  How to use the public sector equality duty to challenge policies or decisions of a public authority which you think discriminate or put you at a disadvantage

• Council Tax Reduction - temporary absence from home

  Continuing to claim Council Tax Reduction during a temporary absence from home

• Plastic cards

  Introductory information about the various types of plastic cards available, covering credit cards, store cards and charge cards, and prepayment cards

• Council Tax Reduction - can you get an extended reduction

  If you have been getting Council Tax Reduction and your circumstances change, you may be entitled to continue receiving the same rate of CTR for an extra period. This is called an 'extended reduction

• If your job offer is withdrawn

  Check if you can get money if you’re offered a job and then the offer is withdrawn

• Getting money after your sick pay runs out

  What to do when your sick pay is coming to an end and you're too unwell to return to work. You may be eligible for benefits or be able to use your holiday pay