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12 February 2012

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Baby bonds

See: Child Trust Fund


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Babysitting

Age when babysitting is allowed


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Bank holidays

Bank holidays


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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy


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Banks and building societies

Bank accounts

Bank charges

Bank goes out of business - compensation

Basic bank accounts

Benefits - payment into bank accounts

Cash machine problems

Changing your bank or building society

Children and young people

Compensation if a bank or building society goes out of business

Complaints about banks

Direct debits

Explanation of some terms used when dealing with banking

Financial Ombudsman Service - complaints about providers of financial services

How bank accounts work

Identity theft

Information for people with learning disabilities

Joint accounts

Lost cards and cheque books

Mortgages - finding the best mortgage deal

Overdrafts

Overpayments into a bank account

Power of attorney - managing someone's financial affairs

Problems with banking services

Savings accounts

Security and fraud

Service standards

Stolen cards and cheque books

See also: Money transfer


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Battered women

See: Domestic violence


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Beaches

Cleanliness of beaches and sea water


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Benefits

Abroad - claiming benefits for sickness or disability when living overseas

Abroad - claiming benefits when moving abroad (Frequently asked questions)

Appeals

Armed Forces - financial help for members of the Armed Forces, veterans and dependants

Benefits for people of pension age

Benefits for workers coming to the UK from abroad (Frequently asked questions)

Benefits giving help towards mortgage costs

Bereavement benefits

Children's benefits

Complaints about poor service

Council tax benefit

Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

Disability benefits

Dismissal - effect on benefits

Education benefits for school pupils

Employment and support allowance

Frequently asked questions about benefits

Health benefits

Housing benefit

Increasing your income

Jobseeker's allowance

Maternity benefits

Mortgage costs – benefits giving help towards mortgage costs

National insurance contributory benefits

Payment into bank accounts

Pension credit

Personal injuries - deduction of benefits from compensation

Redundancy

Sickness benefits

Taxation of benefits

What benefits can I get?

Widowers benefits

Widows benefits

Young people


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Bereavement

Benefits for bereaved spouses and civil partners

Organisations for the bereaved

What to do after a death


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Betting

Age restrictions


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Bicycles

See: Traffic accidents


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Bigamy

Bigamy


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Bills

Electricity bills

Gas bills

Mobile phone bills

Phone bills

Solicitors bills


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Birth certificates

Birth certificates

Registering a birth

Transsexual people


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Birthdays

Greeting cards from the Queen


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Blindness

Tax allowances and amounts

Television licences - reduced fees

Voting procedures

See also: Disability


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Blue badge scheme

Blue badge scheme


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Boarders

Housing benefit


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Body piercing

Age when body piercing is allowed


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Borrowing

See: Credit


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Borrowing money

Credit agreements

Ways of borrowing money - introduction

Your rights


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British Citizenship

Consular services

Help with immigration/British citizenship problems


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Budgeting

Budgeting tool - online budget calculator

How to work out your budget


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Budgeting loans

Loans from the social fund


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Builders

Organisations which can help with complaints

Problems with consumer services


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Building societies

See: Banks and building societies


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Bullying

Bullying at school

Bullying at work

Childline - free, confidential helpline for children


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Businesses

See Self-employment


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Business rates

See: Non domestic rates


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Bus services

Complaints about bus services

Disabled people

Free bus travel

See also: Public transport


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Butchers' shops

Licence to sell raw and cooked meat from same premises


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Buy back schemes

See: Mortgage rescue schemes


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