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This measure makes changes to the legislation dealing with the re-insurance of a category of long-term insurance business.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
If you’re sent to prison for 2 or more crimes, you’ll usually get a…
A suspended prison sentence is served in the community instead of in…
A determinate prison sentence is for a fixed length of time. It includes a…
An indeterminate prison sentence does not have a fixed length of time.…
If you’re found guilty of murder, a court must give you a life sentence. A…
If you’re under 18 you’ll be treated differently to adults by a court. You…
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Employees are on a fixed-term contract if both of the following apply:…
Employers must not treat workers on fixed-term contracts less favourably…
Ending a fixed-term contract Fixed-term contracts will normally end…
Who can get parole for determinate and indeterminate sentences, represent yourself at a hearing and challenge a Parole Board decision
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
The Government Digital Service style guide covers style, spelling and grammar conventions for all content published on GOV.UK, arranged alphabetically.
The police have to follow strict rules if you're arrested, questioned or charged with a crime - you can get legal advice at a police station
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly
How to write well for your audience, including specialists.
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - work trials, programmes and clubs, New Enterprise Allowance, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Record accommodation and care arrangements for CITES species for import and if they're about to move to new premises.
How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
A tenancy agreement is a contract between you and a landlord - ending a tenancy, changing a tenancy, tenancy types and assured shorthold tenancies
The latest versions of the Criminal Procedure Rules and of the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice.
Supplier declarations are where your UK supplier provides you with information needed to prove the origin of your goods for preferential rates of duty between the UK and other countries.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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