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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.

• Selling a home

  Guidance on selling a house, from choosing a solicitor or estate agent to completion of sale

• Short-term Assistance

  Find out about financial help you might get whilst challenging a Child Disability Payment decision, known as 'Short-term Assistance

• Appealing against a benefit decision

  Appealing to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a mandatory reconsideration decision made by the DWP or HMRC

• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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