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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
What to do if someone you know is having issues with their benefits: the ways you can manage their claim and how to call a helpline to ask for help.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Nominate someone for an honour or bravery award (called a gallantry award), read the New Year honours list - BEMs, MBEs, OBEs, knighthoods, outstanding achievements and contributions to public life.
You can allow another person or an organisation to help manage your account or act on your behalf.
Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card for free
Use Form COP1C to describe the decisions you need to make for someone about their will or codicil, gifts, deed of variation or settlements of property.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
Apply to search the Office of the Public Guardian registers to see if they have a Lasting Power of Attorney, deputy or guardian acting on their behalf
Guidance for the next of kin or executor for someone who has died who may have been underpaid State Pension.
How to find a new guest that is already in the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Claim or deal with Child Benefit for someone else - if your child has a baby, authorisation form TC689, appointees, voluntary organisations
What to do, including registering the death, post mortems, bringing the body to the UK and getting help from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
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