• 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

• If you're struggling with living costs

  Extra help you could get if you're struggling with living costs. Find out how to apply for help from your local council or an interest-free budgeting loan.

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  • Benefits
  • Help on a low income

• 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

• Coronavirus - if you're self-employed

  Find out what help you can get if you’re self-employed and your income has dropped because of coronavirus.

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  • Work

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