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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
The Secret Intelligence Service, often known as MI6, collects Britain’s foreign intelligence. It provides the government with a global covert capability to promote and defend the national security and economic well-being of the country. SIS works with the Foreign, Commonwealth...
Ambassador Holland delivers a statement on behalf of UK and Canada calling on the government of Georgia to withdraw its legislation on the Transparency of Foreign Influence, so that it can pursue its Euro-Atlantic trajectory.
SIA regulation: how the SIA enforces the law and what the penalties are for breaking it.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wright on 7 February 2024.
How the Certification Officer (CO) applies her powers to act without a complaint to conduct investigations into trade unions and employers’ associations.
Know when your premises could be inspected, the powers inspectors have, and enforcement notices and penalties you could receive for sites that kill animals.
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
Vile abusers who rape a child will have their own parental responsibilities automatically removed under new laws.
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.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Actions taken by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to enforce financial sanctions.
Find out what makes a person an enabler of tax avoidance, and what to do about legally privileged communications.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
Access and unfair practices during recognition and derecognition ballots
Find out what we will check, the records you need to keep and how we treat breaches in the ISA rules.
Decisions where applicants allege that the union has broken its own rules. All decisions are in PDF format.
Guidelines for civil panel counsel, revised to include the new government security classifications.
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