• Living together and marriage: legal differences

  Differences between how the law treats married and cohabiting couples including financial matters, responsibility for children and housing.

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  • Family
  • Living together, marriage and civil partnership

• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  Information for same-sex and opposite-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance.

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  • Family
  • Living together, marriage and civil partnership

• Ending a civil partnership

  Information on financial issues, children and housing when a civil partnership breaks down, including the process of family mediation.

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  • Family
  • How to separate

• If you're an adult on Disability Living Allowance

  You can’t make a new claim for DLA if you’re 16 or over. Check what to do if you have a problem with your DLA.

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  • Benefits
  • Sick or disabled people and carers

• Showing you're disabled under the Equality Act

  Explains how to prove you have a disability, by showing how your medical condition affects your day to day activities.

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  • Law and courts
  • Discrimination
  • Are you protected from discrimination?

• If you're working too many hours

  Your working hours are set in your contract, but your employer can’t make you work more than 48 hours a week. If you’re working too much, there are things you can do to cut back your hours.

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  • Work
  • Rights at work

• Change of circumstances while you're getting Attendance Allowance

  You need to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as soon as possible if your condition changes - this can affect your Attendance Allowance.

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  • Benefits
  • Sick or disabled people and carers
  • Attendance Allowance

• Disability Living Allowance for children

  Advice for making a Disability Living Allowance claim and help with any problems.

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  • Benefits
  • Sick or disabled people and carers
  • Before you claim DLA
  • Claiming DLA
  • DLA appeals

• Ending your tenancy

  Find out when you can end your tenancy, know how to reach an agreement if you can’t give your landlord notice and know what happens if you leave without giving notice.

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  • Housing
  • Renting privately

• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  Learn what counts as suitable housing if you're homeless. You can also find out how to challenge the offer if it's not suitable/

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  • Housing
  • Homelessness

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