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Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in India.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
Arranging final payments to employees or pension recipients who die, and reporting the death of an employee at work to the Health and Safety Executive and the police
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Evidence-based recommendations to protect first responders from exposure to fentanyl.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Japan, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Malawi, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Changing an inheritance after death (a 'variation') and how it can affect amounts of Inheritance and Capital Gains tax due
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
When an ISA can be closed, and how to void or repair an ISA if you're an ISA manager.
Bereavement compensation information for when a service person's or veteran's death is predominantly caused by His Majesty's Armed Forces service on or after 6 April 2005.
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