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• Your right to life

  Explains how the right to life is protected by article 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and when the article may be breached

• Complaining about your water company

  The complaints process for complaining about your water bill or supply, or the standard of service you have received from your water company in the first instance and what to do if you are not happy with what the water company has said

• Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Find out the different ways you can pay back a Housing Benefit overpayment, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay anything at all

• If you're homeless and the council won't house you

  Check how you can find somewhere to stay tonight, for example a night shelter, hostel or refuge. Check your options for finding long-term accommodation

• Attending your employment tribunal hearing

  Find out what happens on the day of the hearing, how you'll give evidence, how you'll get the tribunal's decision

• Your right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman way

  Explains how article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects you from torture or inhuman treatment, which causes you severe mental or physical suffering

• Asking for reasonable adjustments if you’re disabled

  If you’re finding it hard to access something, you can ask for changes called ‘reasonable adjustments’. Find out how to ask for reasonable adjustments

• When can a public authority interfere with your human rights?

  Explains when a public authority can interfere with your human rights, to protect the rights of other people, or the interests of the wider community

• Taking the first step if you need financial support

  If you need financial support, start by checking if you can get any benefits. You could get this financial help, even if you’re working or have savings

• Start the work capability form for Universal Credit

  To apply for Universal Credit if you can't work because you're sick or disabled, you'll need to complete the work capability (UC50) form