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Find out how to make a complaint about how Prevent has been applied.
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour. This guide…
Before making a formal complaint or getting others involved, try to…
If your neighbour is a tenant, you can complain to their landlord. This…
If you cannot resolve the dispute by speaking to your neighbour, you can…
You can ask your local council for help if the neighbour dispute involves…
You must try to settle a dispute about a high hedge informally before the…
You should call the police if your neighbour: is violent, threatening or…
If all else fails, you can take legal action against a neighbour. Taking…
As a local authority, you can issue a fine or take legal action against businesses for nuisance parking.
Common causes of artificial light nuisance, lights that are exempt and how councils can assess light.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
Guidance for institutions on adding the e-learning module to their learning management system, modifying the files provided, or using the online training.
How schools can remove Cisco Umbrella from Chromebooks ordered before October 2021.
If you've reached the maximum points allowed, find out how to remove them and avoid a further £200 penalty. Check when individual penalty points expire.
You might be able to stop someone getting a passport by applying for a court order - parental child abduction, vulnerable adults
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
Find out when you can remove cider without paying Excise Duty and how to do it.
A resource guide to support providers, commissioners and other organisations undertake useful evaluations of hepatitis C elimination.
Guidance for those with responsibility for ensuring compliance with the Prevent duty in higher education.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
Self-report a company or partnership that did not prevent the facilitation of tax evasion if you’re their authorised representative.
Thousands of offenders on community and suspended sentences will no longer be able to secretly change their name as part of tough new rules to protect the public.
Information about the UK’s progress towards measles and rubella elimination.
How councils deal with complaints about noise at night, intruder alarms, construction noise and loudspeakers in the street.
Guidance for living safely with respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
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