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• Check how council tax works and if you have to pay

  Check if you have to pay council tax and what to do if you think your tax band is wrong. Check if you have to pay for an empty property

• Check what benefits you can get

  Get a quick idea of the benefits you can claim, including disability benefits and links to benefit calculators.

• Using direct payments for care

  What direct payments can be used for, covering employing carers direct, buying social care services through an agency, paying for equipment and short stays in care homes

• Appealing a parking ticket if you have a Blue Badge

  When it's worth appealing a parking ticket if you're a blue badge holder

• Extra benefits and help you can get while on Attendance Allowance

  Guide to extra benefits and help you can get whilst getting Attendance Allowance

• Q9 - controlling your bowels and bladder and using a collective device

  Help to fill in Q9: controlling your bowels and bladder and using a collective device. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• Social services complaints - before you start

  What to consider before making a complaint about a service received from your local authority social service department

• Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and help with housing

  Check if you’re allowed to claim public funds. Check what counts as public funds, and what else you might be able to claim

• Check if you can take time off work

  Check your right to time off work, including paid and unpaid leave. You have the right to take time off work in certain circumstances, your 'statutory rights

• Check what you have to do in the ESA work-related activity group

  Find out what you need to do if you’re in the work-related activity group