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• Coronavirus (COVID‑19): guidance and support
• Travel advice: coronavirus (COVID‑19)
• The UK has left the EU: get ready for January 2021
• Find a job
• Personal tax account

• Benefits

  Includes eligibility, appeals, tax credits and Universal Credit

• Births, deaths, marriages and care

  Parenting, civil partnerships, divorce and Lasting Power of Attorney

• Business and self-employed

  Tools and guidance for businesses

• Childcare and parenting

  Includes giving birth, fostering, adopting, benefits for children, childcare and schools

• Citizenship and living in the UK

  Voting, community participation, life in the UK, international projects

• Crime, justice and the law

  Legal processes, courts and the police

• Disabled people

  Includes carers, your rights, benefits and the Equality Act

• Driving and transport

  Includes vehicle tax, MOT and driving licences

• Education and learning

  Includes student loans, admissions and apprenticeships

• Employing people

  Includes pay, contracts and hiring

• Environment and countryside

  Includes flooding, recycling and wildlife

• Housing and local services

  Owning or renting and council services

• Money and tax

  Includes debt and Self Assessment

• Passports, travel and living abroad

  Includes renewing passports and travel advice by country

• Visas and immigration

  Visas, asylum and sponsorship

• Working, jobs and pensions

  Includes holidays and finding a job

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• 24 Ministerial departments
• 409 Other agencies and public bodies

The websites of all government departments and many other agencies and public bodies have been merged into GOV.UK.

Here you can see all news and communications, statistics and consultations.

Find out how government services are performing and how satisfied users are.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Find information on coronavirus including guidance, support and announcements.

The UK has left the EU

Get ready for the end of the transition period and new rules in January 2021.

A Plan for Jobs 2020

Find out the latest information on the Plan for Jobs update.

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