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This independent non-profit making website provides up to the minute information on all rights and legal issues, through a series of hand vetted articles. 200 legal UK websites have been reviewed and every link handpicked and summarised by a team of expert advisers. The result is a site that brings you the information you require, presented in layman's terms. It's black and white in its simplicity.


Advice Now is the project of the Advice Services Alliance, which is the co-ordinating body for independent advice services in the UK. ASA members include adviceUK, Citizens Advice, DIAL UK, Shelter, Youth Access and other leading advice and information providers.


There are several routes to accessing information. Features is a collection of articles, some on topical issues and news items, which gives background material designed to increase knowledge of a particular subject. Use the search facility or click on What's New.


The A - Z index covers an extensive number of subjects, ranging from benefits, consumer affairs, environment and countryside issues. The search button gives access to law and rights websites using keywords.


Living Together explains the rights couples really have. With over two million couples living together, legal rights are often blurred and this section sets out to explain them.


You will also find quizzes, where you can test your negotiation skills, interactive polls and a self help section, where you can download tools and materials to help you solve a number of problems, starting with dealing with debt.


The pilot scheme, Advice Now Tracker Tool, is an online service, which you need to register for. You can then store a record of calls, meetings and letters as you follow a problem through. It is also possible to locate local solicitors and advice services by postcode.