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Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council

You can report an abandoned vehicle like a dumped car to the local council

Arrange a special collection for large waste items - most councils will collect things like old sofas, fridges or washing machines for a fee

Apply for a place in a nursery school for children under 5 through your local council

Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent

Apply to your local council for equipment or help adapting your home if you’re disabled

Building regulation in England covering the buildings users protection from falling, collision and impact in and around the building.

• Updated: 3 January 2013

Your council has information on parking permit schemes in your area

Identity cards have been scrapped - what to do if you still have one, biometric residence permits, identity cards for foreign nationals

A dropped kerb allows vehicles to cross the pavement from the road to a driveway - contact your local council to find out how to apply for a dropped kerb

How the Equality Act 2010 defines disability, and what law changes mean for the public, businesses, and the public and voluntary sectors.

• Updated: 8 March 2013

Apply to rent a garage from the local council - there may be a waiting list

Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council

Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)

Exchanging your council or housing association property if you want to move house - tenants, rules, permission from landlords, mutual exchange

Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling

Arrange for the collection of garden waste by your council

Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation

Find out about your business rates bill, business rate relief or pay your bill through your local council

The police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime