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• Get help if you’re struggling to pay your bills

  Check what help you can get if you’re struggling with money and you can’t afford to pay bills like energy, rent, internet or council tax

• Check if you can increase your income

  Check you’re getting all the money you’re entitled to - including benefits, grants from charities and the Household Support Fund scheme

• Getting an online immigration status (eVisa)

  You should check if you can get online evidence of your immigration status - also called an ‘eVisa’. Find out more about getting an eVisa

• Council Tax

  Information on council tax including valuation bands, how to pay, discounts and reductions, exempt properties, arrears and the appeals process

• 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

• Help with legal costs

  Document covers sources of advice and help with legal costs from publicly funded and other legal help schemes in Scotland

• Proving your right to work in the UK

  Find out what you need to show your employer to prove your right to work in the UK. Check what to do if you’ve been dismissed or lost a job offer after your employer checked your right to work

• Children who are looked after by the local authority

  A definition of children in need and information on the services which local authorities must provide

• Before you get work done on your home

  Steps to help you avoid disputes and problems with building work, home improvements, renovations and repairs

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test