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• What's the public sector equality duty?

  What the public sector equality duty is and how public authorities must comply with it to make sure no-one is disadvantaged by their policies or decisions

• 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

• State Pension

  Check how much State Pension you can get and how many qualifying years you need to get the full amount

• 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

• What to do if you've been sanctioned while on Universal Credit

  Check what you can do if you've been sanctioned on Universal Credit. Check how to challenge an unfair sanction and what you can do to avoid future issues

• Making a small claim

  Find out what to do before you start a small claim, how to start one and what it involves

• Reporting changes that affect your PIP

  Changes you need to report that might affect your Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim and how to report them

• If a creditor takes money from your wages

  Information on attachment of earnings orders used to take money from your wages to pay back money owed to creditors

• Challenging a Housing Benefit decision

  How to appeal if you've been refused Housing Benefit or your payments have been reduced

• Claiming compensation for a personal injury

  How you can take legal action if you want to claim compensation for a personal injury