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Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a…
A mother automatically has parental responsibility for her child from…
If you’re not the mother, you can apply to court to get parental…
Joe White MBE was the UK Technology Envoy to the US between 2020 and 2024. He also worked previously as a Silicon Valley based entrepreneur and investor. He has served as: General Partner of Entrepreneur First, a Greylock backed early...
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
How the British embassy or consulate can help, including contacting family, UK prison transfers, money transfers and complaining about mistreatment.
Dr Mark Treherne was appointed chief executive in August 2012. A research scientist with a PhD in Pharmacology from Cambridge University, he has more than 25 years industrial experience in the discovery of novel treatments for diseases of the nervous...
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Dr Tim Sheldon became Dstl ’s Chief Delivery Officer in April 2024. Tim has a range of experience working across defence. He’s worked in the following areas within MOD : Defence Procurement Agency MOD Head Office Defence Evaluation and Research Agency...
Sir Richard Mottram is a former senior civil servant, having served in the Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office between 1968 and 2007. He is chairman of Amey, a visiting professor in the Department for Government of the London School...
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Dan was appointed Director General ( DG ) of Tax and Welfare on in March 2023, having been interim DG from November 2022. Prior to taking up his DG role Dan was the Director of Strategy, Planning and Budget group...
Tim Burt is vice-chair of Teneo, the international strategic advisory firm. Since joining Teneo in 2015, he has provided senior counsel to leading global corporations on critical issues including reputation management, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, capital reorganisations and crisis mitigation....
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
David T C Davies was appointed Secretary of State for Wales on 25 October 2022. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales between December 2019 and October 2022. Previously, he held the role of Chair of the Welsh Affairs...
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.
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