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• Preparing to rent from a private landlord

  Find out how to decide whether to rent from a landlord or letting agent, how to search for a property and what questions you should ask before you rent a home.

• Reducing your monthly mortgage payments

  Check how to cut down your mortgage costs, including how to reduce your monthly payments and switch mortgage lender

• Who is responsible for repairing drains and sewers

  The difference between drains, lateral drains and sewers and who is responsible for repairing them, and asking a water company to adopt a private or unadopted sewer

• Coronavirus - if you need to be off work to care for someone

  What to do if you have to be off work caring for someone whose care has stopped because of coronavirus (COVID-19). This might be because their school is closed or a carer can't come

• Check if your landlord has to protect your deposit

  Check if your landlord needs to put your rent deposit into a deposit protection scheme. Check what you can do if they don’t

• Can you get bankruptcy cancelled?

  Find out when you can apply to have a bankruptcy cancelled (annulled) and how to do

• Check your rights if you're made redundant

  Get advice on if you're being made redundant, if you're able to challenge the decision, taking voluntary redundancy and if you're laid off

• Creditor has sent a statutory demand - bankruptcy

  Explains the need to act quickly, if you receive a statutory demand from someone who is trying to make you bankrupt

• Check if you have to work on Sundays

  Know your rights about Sunday working, your pay, and how to opt out if you work in a shop or betting shop

• Ask the council to check if your rented home needs repairs

  If you’ve reported repairs to your landlord and they haven’t done anything, find out if the council can help you get the work done