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• Using storage heaters and immersion heaters

  Check how to use electric storage heaters and immersion heaters. Make sure you’re using your heaters correctly

• Get help with the cost of living

  Check what extra help you could get if you're struggling with the cost of living

• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account

• If you're renting university accommodation

  Check what rights and responsibilities you have when you live in university accommodation, for example halls of residence

• Check if you can get DLA for your child

  DLA isn’t just for children with physical disabilities - it’s also for behavioural and mental health conditions as well as learning disabilities and developmental delay

• Check your rights at work if you're under 18

  Young people’s rights to working hours, rest breaks, pay, and holiday. Find out what types of work 16 and 17 year olds can do

• Applying for a JSA hardship payment

  Find out who can get a JSA hardship payment and how much you’ll get. Find out how to apply for a JSA hardship payment

• Maternity pay - how to get it

  What you need to do to get statutory or contractual maternity pay from your employer