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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How to apply for marketing authorisation via this new procedure.
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
Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…
As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…
A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…
Asylum policy guidance for decision making in asylum applications.
Find out about the ways people can make certain decisions for you or do certain things on your behalf
Use this form if you want a written statement that explains the reasons for a decision that we made in respect of a design.
How to ask us to review a decision we made about your right to enter the UK as a Service Provider from Switzerland.
If you think a decision is wrong, you can use this form to ask DWP to look at it again. This is called 'mandatory reconsideration'.
Appeal to the independent Social Security and Child Support tribunal about a benefit decision: what happens at the hearing, getting a decision, if you do not agree
Use form CH24A to ask the Child Benefit office to reconsider a Child Benefit or Guardian's Allowance decision.
Challenge and appeal a decision about your entitlement to benefits, for example Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit.
Search for decisions from patent hearings
Contact your local council to appeal against a Housing Benefit decision
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
Appeal a decision by your local planning authority about an application for consent to display an advertisement - documents you need to provide, who can appeal, how long it takes
Decision for applicant Capita Plc against registration number 15332037, applicant successful.
Guidance for DWP staff who make decisions about benefits, pensions and allowances.
Appeal a decision on a listed building consent application by your local planning authority - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision
Information for parents and carers who are offered screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) for their babies.
Decision for applicant Red Bull GmbH against registration number 15278352, applicant successful.
Make an urgent or emergency application to get permission to make decisions for someone who lacks mental capacity including interim applications for people applying to be a deputy
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