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What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.
Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles.
Evaluation of the impact assessment for BIS on proposals on services for the Consumer Bill of Rights.
If your business pays the cost of an employee's home phone - what you must report to HMRC and what taxes and National Insurance are due
Information comparing the quality of service provided by the major residential landline, home broadband and mobile providers.
Information comparing the quality of service provided by the major residential landline, home broadband and mobile providers.lf
Check a list of recent phone contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a phone call you've received is a scam.
Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has secured a further agreement with telecoms companies to protect vulnerable customers as landlines are upgraded.
UK phone providers have agreed a number of new measures to protect vulnerable customers as phone lines are upgraded to a new digital network.
Use a checklist to decide if a suspicious contact is a scam and not a genuine phone call, text message (SMS) or email.
Cost of landline telecommunications
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
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Contact details, webchat and helplines for enquiries with HMRC on tax, Self Assessment, Child Benefit or tax credits (including Welsh language services).
The Network Operator Charter sets out a voluntary agreement between the government and the operators of telecoms networks to protect vulnerable customers through the migration from copper to digital landlines.
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