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• If your Housing Benefit is stopped or reduced

  Find out why your Housing Benefit payments have changed and what you can do about

• Arranging financial support after you separate

  If you're married or in a civil partnership, you can apply for financial support (‘spousal maintenance’) from your ex when you separate. Find out more about what you can get or need to pay

• 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.

• Your notice period during redundancy

  Find out what notice pay you get and how long your contractual or statutory notice period should be, including if you get garden leave or pay in lieu of notice

• Creditor takes money from your bank account

  Information on third party debt orders to take money owed to you to pay creditors, how they affect your bank account and what to do if a frozen bank account leads to hardship

• You can't afford to top up your prepayment meter

  Ways you can make your prepayment meter more affordable, and how to get gas or electricity urgently if you've run out of credit

• Check the rules after you go bankrupt

  Find out the rules and restrictions when you're bankrupt. While you're bankrupt there's certain rules you need to follow, these are known as 'restrictions

• Get help with scams

  Find out how to contact our Scams Action service for advice about online scams