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• Choosing a school for your child

  Advice on choosing a school and the differences between local council, independent and specialist schools and colleges.

• Arguments for challenging a sanction

  Find out what makes a sanction unfair, how and when to challenge one, how to get more details about your sanction and where to get help challenging

• Check if you're entitled to paid holidays

  Find out if you’re entitled to paid holiday and how much you should get - including if you’re in a new job or when you leave a job

• Moving to Universal Credit if you've got a migration notice

  You’ll have to move to Universal Credit when you get a letter from the DWP - this is a 'migration notice'. Your existing benefit will stop. Claim Universal Credit to keep getting financial support

• Check if your agency is paying you the right amount

  Find out what pay you should get and what fees your agency can charge you

• Check if you’re allowed an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out if you can get Housing Benefit for another room in your council home because you have a disability or someone is away from home

• Applying to the CMS for child maintenance

  Applying to the CMS for child maintenance. Find out how to get maintenance through the Child Maintenance Service and how you can apply

• Early learning and childcare

  Find out what childcare and education your child can get from birth to starting school - called early learning and childcare. Check if you can get help with costs

• Help with school costs

  Help with school costs This advice applies to Scotland. See advice for See advice for England, See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Wales Who can get help with school costs If you're

• Getting married

  Information on getting married, legal requirements, different types of marriage and marriage law