Advice & help
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KnowUK [24/7]
Information and advice on a variety of different subjects from money to marriage, education to health.
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CAB Adviceguide
Up-to-date information on a wide range of topics from the Citizens' Advice Bureaux, including benefits, housing, employment and debt, consumer and legal issues.
How To Books
Full-text electronic versions of the dependable advice books on subjects including business, leisure and "life events" - scroll to the bottom of the page for the link to the online version.
Multikulti
Information and advice on many welfare topics in several community languages.
The Site
No-holds-barred advice and help for 16-24 year olds, run by the YouthNet UK charity.
Youth Information
National Youth Agency's online information toolkit for young people.
DirectGov
As well as being a great source of government information and links, this site offers advice on a wide variety of subjects with links to relevant and useful departments, organisations and websites.
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Westminster Trading Standards
Advice and information on consumer rights. Investigates breaches of consumer protection laws.
Consumer Direct
Gateway to a wide range of consumer web sites, from both government agencies and consumer organisations.
Office of Fair Trading
Provides information and advice on consumer rights.
Mailing Preference Service
Register online to stop unsolicited direct mail in the UK. Links to similar services for telephone, fax, & e-mail, plus Baby MPS to reduce baby-related marketing to people who have lost children.
Which?
Britain's leading consumer magazine. Subscription service available at Westminster Reference Library, Marylebone Information Service, Maida Vale Library, Mayfair Library, and St. John's Wood Library only - ask staff for details.
Benefits
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Benefits & services A-Z
From the Department for Work and Pensions (which was the DSS until 2001). Includes downloadable claim forms
Entitled to...
Calculate how much you should be getting in benefits.
Housing
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Housing Net
Gateway to all kinds of housing information - on social, student and private housing, with guides to buying / moving home.
Hometrack
Detailed property price and trend details for the UK, plus estate agent listings.
Shelter Know your rights
Advice for tenants, the homeless, students, and anyone seeking a place to live.
Homeless London
Information and details of a variety of services for residential and non-residential homeless people in London.
Immigration and nationality
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Refugee Council
Information for refugees and asylum seekers, including legislation, statistics and entitlements.
Life in the UK Test
Information about the test, now one of the requirements for applying for British Citizenship. Now you can read the information and take practice tests (and judge your readiness to sit a real test) at the Life in Great Britain website [24/7] available in any Westminster Library (please note that you must click 'sign up' when you use the tests this is so you can save your information when you try the tests and no personal information is required) and from home.
Passports and Immigration
Home Office department responsible for immigration and nationality. Informative site with forms available for download but it can be very slow.
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