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Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.

It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')

• Types of discrimination ('protected characteristics')

  It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of: age…

• How you can be discriminated against

  Discrimination can come in one of the following forms: direct…

• Discrimination at work

  The law protects you against discrimination at work, including: dismissal…

• What you can do

  If you think you’ve been unfairly discriminated against you can: complain…

How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.

• Updated: 6 April 2024

Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.

• Updated: 8 March 2024

How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.

• Updated: 6 January 2021

Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.

How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.

• Updated: 30 April 2024

Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.

• Updated: 6 December 2023

The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.

How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.

• Updated: 20 September 2024