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Emergency accommodation
Short-term housing that you can get if you are in urgent need, for example, bed and breakfast hotels and hostels. Councils often provide short-term accommodation to homeless applicants, while they look into what further help they can provide.
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Wills and trusts
The rules about how you make a will, set up trusts and deal with an estate.
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Health and social care
Understand your rights to get and use health and adult social care services
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Housing conditions and disrepair
What to do if your accommodation needs repair work.
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Local authority care
How a child comes to be placed in the care of children's services. Includes the rights of children and young people.
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Citizenship and nationality
What it means to be a British citizen, including the right to live here (right of abode); and citizenship by birth, by descent and by registration - for example, being born here, or registering after coming to live here.
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How to get parental responsibility without a lawyer
Parental responsibility is how the law describes the responsibilities and rights that go with being a parent. If you have parental responsibility for a child, you must care for and protect that child and the law entitles you to be involved in making decisions about them. Understand how to apply for a parental responsibility order if you need to and what you have to do at every stage of the process. This information applies to England and Wales.
