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You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer
What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK as a citizen from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Information about the Better Futures Fund.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport supported culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across England from 2023 to 2026.
A call for evidence to shape the future of National Lottery good cause funding.
Find your nearest library to access services such as book loans, CD rentals and internet access
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
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